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The United Nations global gun trade treaty

Updated daily, this news feed finds articles on the Arms Trade Treaty, a United Nations initiative to curb the proliferation of small arms and to prevent gun violence world-wide.

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, Commonwealth Discuss Global Gun Trade Treaty

ABC Radio Australia (Pacific shortwave)
13 July 2008

The build up of small and light weapons in Papua New Guinea's autonomous island of Bougainville has raised some concerns for the national government. Pacnews reports... PNG Justice Minister Dr Allan Marat raised the issue with his Commonwealth colleagues during a meeting in Edinburgh. Dr Marat says he discussed the possibility of an arms trade treaty between Commonwealth nations. He said there was a heavy proliferation... ( gunpolicy.org )

India

Global Gun Trade Treaty Should be Actively Supported by India

My News Network (India)
3 July 2008

NEW DELHI -- India should become an active member the International Arms Trade Treaty to put a check on the illegal trade of weapons which is helping in fuelling armed violence that takes around 3,50,000 lives across the world, an International Affairs expert said today. "India should sign the "United Nations global Arms Trade Treaty' and become its active member to create a legally binding agreement to regularise arms trade," said... ( gunpolicy.org )

Senegal

Oxfam America Pulls Out of Global Gun Trade Campaign in West Africa

Afrique en ligne (France) / PANA
3 July 2008

DAKAR, Senegal -- Less than two weeks to the third edition of the United Nations Biennial on small arms 14-18 July in New York, Oxfam America has ended its collaboration with the West African movement against small arms in the fight against the circulation of the small arms and light weapons (SALWs) in West Africa. The announcement was made by the executive director of the movement, Georges Ndiaye, at a workshop on the June2007/June... ( gunpolicy.org )

India

Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed to Curb the Spread of Weapons

Statesman (Kolkata), Opinion
12 June 2008

The campaign to reduce small arms and to eliminate the use of landmines and cluster bombs can save millions of lives. In addition, animals and birds can also be protected. Although attention is generally focussed on heavy weapons, greater destruction is caused by "small arms and light weapons", a technical term (generally abbreviated to 'small arms') which covers revolvers, pistols, rifles, carbines, machine-guns, ammunition, shells,... ( gunpolicy.org )

Pakistan, Afghanistan

Pakistani Gun Control Groups Target US, Afghanistan for Weapon Flood

International News (Karachi)
10 June 2008

PESHAWAR -- Highlighting case of Pakistan Raza Shah Khan, executive director of Sustainable Peace and Development Organisation (Spado) claimed that the problem of arms proliferation in the region was the result of Afghanistan war wherein the US provided about $2 billion in arms aid. "We had the greatest number of guns per capita in the world," he told a seminar, jointly organised by Spado, Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme... ( gunpolicy.org )

Sierra Leone

Violence Prevention Groups in Sierra Leone Push Global Gun Trade Treaty

Concord Times (Freetown)
4 June 2008

FREETOWN -- National Chairman for Amnesty International Sierra Leone Tuesday disclosed that gun violence claims the lives of more than 350,000 people and injuring scores of others. Violet Kawa said the global trade that fuels the scourge of armed violence was yet to be internationally regularised. She said they would organise radio discussion programmes and quiz competitions in Bo and Kenema districts to observe the Global... ( gunpolicy.org )

United States, United Nations

McCain on Gun Control, Gun Shows, Assault Weapons, the UN and the NRA

America's 1st Freedom / National Rifle Association of America
1 June 2008

To say that the 2008 elections will be crucial for the future of the Second Amendment would be an understatement. Future efforts to preserve our gun rights and our hunting heritage hinge on who will take the helm at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox recently sat down with presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain. They asked him some direct... ( gunpolicy.org )

Zimbabwe, China, Southern Africa

Outrage Lingers Over Chinese Shipment of Guns, Ammunition to Zimbabwe

Arms Control Today (USA)
1 June 2008

In April, South African dockworkers refused to unload a Chinese cargo ship carrying more than 70 tons of small arms destined for Zimbabwe. The refusal set off international reactions that led to the recall of the shipment and calls for stronger international arms trade measures, such as a global arms trade treaty. The shipment, including three million rounds of ammunition for AK47s and 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades, was meant... ( gunpolicy.org )

Bahrain

Bahraini MPs Sign Petition To End Gun Violence, Support Global Gun Treaty

All Headline News (Florida)
30 May 2008

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Four Bahraini lawmakers have signed an international petition calling for an end to gun violence and urging the United Nations to push for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with all its members. Parliament member Jalal Fairooz, from Al Wefaq, the largest Shia bloc in the Bahrain parliament, is one of the signatories of the petition. He told AHN, "There have been several cases of shootings which are a matter of concern.... ( gunpolicy.org )

World

Global Gun Trade Treaty Next Step in Campaign to Curb Lethal Weapons

Scotsman (Edinburgh), Opinion
30 May 2008

The decision this week for a global treaty to ban cluster munitions in Dublin is a significant step towards reducing indiscriminate civilian deaths and making our world a safer place. But the world needs to do much more if we genuinely seek to stop civilians dying from weapons designed for war. This is because there is still a type of weaponry in the arsenals of every government on earth that continues to kill and maim... ( gunpolicy.org )

Malawi

Malawian MPs Ignorant of Global Gun Trade Treaty - But All Intend to Sign It

Africa News (Netherlands), Blog
19 May 2008

Most Malawian Members of Parliament (MP) are unaware about the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), two years after 153 member states of the United Nations voted in its favour for sustainable world peace in 2006. UN member states agreed during that year, at the UN General Assembly, on the need to have a plausible world treaty regulating the sale of small arms and light weapons. It was hoped that this would help control the proliferation of... ( gunpolicy.org )

Ghana, Gambia, West Africa

Gun Control Campaigners Aim to Curb War, Crime, Instability in West Africa

Chronicle (Ghana)
12 May 2008

The Mission Coordinator for the Ghana, Gambia and West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), Orji Dickson N., has said that bad governance and manipulation of democratic institutions, was a salient factor for the uncontrolled accumulation, and flow of small arms and light weapons (SALW), in West Africa Sub-region. He attributed the influx of these small and light weapons, to insecurity, political instability, wars and organized... ( gunpolicy.org )

World

China-Zimbabwe Gun Scandal Shows Need for World Treaty: Desmond Tutu

Australian (Sydney), Opinion
9 May 2008

In the present scandal of the attempt to ship tonnes of arms and ammunition to Zimbabwe, it is the Chinese who have spoken the most sense. China's foreign ministry said the country's shipment of mortar shells, rockets and bullets was perfectly normal trade. It certainly is. Shipping arms to African governments who could use them to abuse their own people is an abhorrent but almost daily occurrence. And at present there is nothing... ( gunpolicy.org )

Zimbabwe, Zambia, United Kingdom, Canada, China, World

Chinese Gun Shipment to Zimbabwe Shines Spotlight on Global Gun Trade

Toronto Star (Ontario)
24 April 2008

When the Chinese freighter An Yue Jiang pulled into the South African port of Durban last week loaded with weapons bound for crisis-ridden Zimbabwe, it seemed to be just one more day in the lucrative arms trade that has engulfed the continent with deadly results. Instead the ship ran into a storm of protest -- with dock workers joining union leaders, church officials and the High Court to block the shipment -- until the vessel left... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, Africa, Middle East, World

Arrest of Notorious Gun Runner Highlights Need for Global Arms Trade Treaty

Guardian (UK) / Comment is Free, Web Page
10 March 2008

Viktor Vassilyevich Bout began his career transporting flowers and frozen chickens across Africa. He quickly moved on to diamonds, mining equipment, Kalashnikov assault rifles, bullets and helicopter gunships. Having evaded an international arrest warrant for more than five years, the notorious Russian arms dealer was finally arrested this week in Thailand. Dubbed the "merchant of death", Bout is regarded as one of the most prolific arms... ( gunpolicy.org )

Thailand, United States, Colombia, World

If Viktor Bout Did Not Exist, a Thriller Writer Would Have Invented Him

Guardian (UK)
7 March 2008

BANGKOK -- If Viktor Bout did not exist, a thriller writer would have invented him. A former Russian lieutenant, he became one of the world's biggest arms dealers, flying his ancient Soviet planes into battlefields from Liberia to Afghanistan. His clients have included the Taliban and the US government, African warlords and the UN. He has as many aliases as an AK-47 has rounds, and has acquired the nicknames Merchant of Death and... ( gunpolicy.org )

United States, Thailand, Colombia, World

'Lord of War' Gun Runner Viktor Bout Arrested in Thailand on US Charges

Times (UK) / Reuters
6 March 2008

A Russian arms dealer thought to have inspired the lead character in the blockbuster film Lord of War was arrested in Bangkok today. Viktor Bout, 41, was detained while allegedly attempting to buy weapons for Colombian rebels. Dubbed "the merchant of death", he has been accused of breaking UN embargoes since the early 1990s by selling arms to conflict-torn regions in Africa and around the world. Thai police said... ( gunpolicy.org )

United States, World

After Voting No at UN, US Belatedly Joins Global Arms Trade Treaty Talks

Arms Control Today (USA)
5 March 2008

All 28 countries invited to do so, including the United States, sent representatives to a UN-sponsored experts meeting in February to explore a global arms trade treaty (ATT). The United States originally voted against starting the effort (see ACT, December 2006), prompting many to believe it would not participate in the process. The Feb. 11-15 governmental group of experts meeting is the first of three such meetings slated to take... ( gunpolicy.org )

Canada

Global Arms Trade Treaty the Focus of Canada's Annual Mock UN Debate

Mississauga News (Ontario)
5 March 2008

Provocative Canadian journalist Gwynne Dyer will give the keynote address on the arms trade when Peel District School Board students gather on Friday for their 13th annual United Nations model assembly. Students from 24 schools will assume their chosen member nation's position and participate in a simulated UN debate. They'll debate a resolution that focuses on the creation of an international arms trade treaty that will... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Experts Meet at UN for First Talks on Possible Global Gun Trade Treaty

Islamic Republic News Agency
12 February 2008

Experts have gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York to begin talks on a possible treaty governing the trade in conventional arms. UN Information Center in Tehran said that the five-day meeting brings together nearly 30 countries that are members of the Group of Governmental Experts examining the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international... ( gunpolicy.org )

Canada, Saudi Arabia

Canada Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty While Selling Arms to Saudi Arabia

Montreal Gazette (Quebec)
23 January 2008

Armed violence kills 1,000 people and injures another 3,000 people around the world every day. Unless steps are taken to bring the arms trade under control, the toll from armed violence is expected to surpass within a decade the devastation caused by diseases such as malaria and measles. Currently, 8 million new small arms flood the world market every year. According to a global movement against gun violence, the International Action... ( gunpolicy.org )

Uganda, United Nations, Myanmar

UN Gun Destruction Scheme Contributes to Human Rights Abuse in Uganda

America's 1st Freedom, Jan 2008 / National Rifle Association of America, Opinion
20 December 2007

While the United Nations works diligently to curb the Second Amendment rights of Americans, it is turning a blind eye to abused Karamojong tribesmen fighting a brutal government to keep their only means of self-defense. International gun prohibition groups are working hard and successfully to push an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) through the United Nations. They claim that the reason the treaty is needed is that arms are often used to... ( gunpolicy.org )

Papua New Guinea

PNG Coalition for Gun Control Calls on Govt to Ban Toy Guns for Christmas

Post-Courier (Port Moresby)
6 November 2007

The Government has been called on to stop the importation of toy guns and all forms of miniature weapons. The chairman of the Coalition To Stop Gun Violence (PNG), Oseah Philemon, told reporters yesterday that the body he heads and supported by many Papua New Guineans was trying to stop gun violence and yet children were encouraged to use toy guns which were available in shops through out the country. Mr Philemon appealed... ( gunpolicy.org )

Sierra Leone

Speaker of Sierra Leone Pledges Support to National Gun Control Campaign

Concord Times (Freetown)
2 November 2007

For being proactive in tackling the current threats and challenges Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) are posing to human security, the Speaker of Parliament, Justice Abel Strong, Monday assured executive members of the Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Speaker Arms (SLANSA) of Parliament's support. Justice Strong gave this assurance when SLANSA's executive members paid him a courtesy visit at the Parliament Building on Tower... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

UK Leads Surge in More Transparent UN Reporting of Gun Exports, Sales

Arms Control Today (USA)
1 November 2007

The number of countries voluntarily providing data to the United Nations on their small arms and light weapons trade has jumped substantially this year, shedding new light on the pervasiveness and complexity of this often murky commerce. As of early October, 30 states had declared their small arms and light weapons trade for 2006 to the voluntary UN Register of Conventional Arms, accounting for more than 535,000 weapons exported... ( gunpolicy.org )

Papua New Guinea, United Nations

I Watched a Gunman Shoot My Mother: PNG Survivor Lobbies at the UN

Age (Melbourne), Opinion
16 October 2007

My suitcase packed and airport taxi booked, I checked my wallet once again. I flicked through my passport with its newly stamped visa for the United States and the accompanying letter. It was addressed to Miss Vavine Gabi and invited me to attend the UN First Committee on Disarmament in New York. My task was to lobby diplomats from the Pacific region as they prepared to draft an international treaty on the arms trade. I would be... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, United Nations

An Arms Trade Treaty Is Needed, But African Nations Also Need More Guns

Arab News (Jeddah), Editorial
12 October 2007

Yesterday's release of a report by the highly regarded international aid organization Oxfam spelled out in detail how wars and insurgencies have cost African countries $18 billion a year since 1990. It compels us to pay attention, especially when the preface is by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, a country that knows only too well the costs of civil war. The report makes sober reading. The money lost could have been... ( gunpolicy.org )

Papua New Guinea

At UN in New York, PNG Shooting Survivor Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty

Post-Courier (Port Moresby)
12 October 2007

It was the Queens Birthday weekend in 1999 when they were on their way home to Gabagaba village, along the Magi Highway in the Central Province to enjoy the weekend with relatives when a terrible event happened. Just past Gaire village and as Vavine Gabi sat at the back of the vehicle, six armed men without masks attacked and robbed the family of everything in their possession. "They took everything from us," she said.... ( gunpolicy.org )

Papua New Guinea

Gun Violence Destroying Papua New Guinea: What Is Government Doing?

Post-Courier (Port Moresby), Editorial
12 October 2007

The Queen's Birthday weekend of June 1999 was a weekend the Gabi family of Gabagaba village in the Central Province looked forward to enjoying with relatives and friends. It was midday when they were on their way to the village. Just past Gaire village along the Magi Highway, criminals attacked and robbed them of everything they had. Six men were involved. Having robbed the family of everything, they then asked the mother... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, United Nations, World

Africa Needs Global Gun Trade Treaty to Curb War, Massive Economic Loss

Bloomberg (USA)
11 October 2007

Armed conflict has cost sub-Saharan Africa about $284 billion over 15 years, equal to the amount of international aid the world's poorest continent has received in the same period, Oxfam International said. Oxfam, in a report it published today with two groups that promote non-violence, said Africa is losing more than $18 billion a year on conflict. The average war shrinks an African nation's economy by 15 percent, according to... ( gunpolicy.org )

World, Kenya, Africa, United Nations, United Kingdom

Baby's Gun Death Sparks Family's Campaign to Curb Global Gun Violence

Scotsman (Edinburgh)
11 October 2007

Four years ago, on a warm summer evening in July 2003, a young Turkish woman was relaxing in a café in the fishing resort of Foca in south-west Turkey, her young son asleep in his pram beside her. Ozlem Grimason had been enjoying a family holiday in her native country with her Scottish husband, David, and their two-year-old son, Alistair. David had just gone back to the couple's home in East Kilbride -- a couple of days early,... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, United Nations, World

Devastating Cost of Africa's Gun Violence: £150bn and Millions of Lives

Guardian (UK)
11 October 2007

Conflicts in Africa since the end of the cold war have cost the continent £150bn, equivalent to all the foreign aid it has received over the same period, according to a report released by Oxfam today. The study, Africa's Missing Billions, says that almost half of the countries on the continent have been involved in some form of conflict since 1990 at a substantial cost to lives and development. The report compares African... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, United Nations, World

First Global Gun Trade Treaty Would Particularly Benefit Africa, Experts Say

IRIN (UN News)
11 October 2007

DAKAR -- The creation of a global Arms Trade Treaty currently being debated by the United Nations' first committee would particularly benefit Africa according to various arms control experts. "Arms don't necessary cause conflicts in Africa but they do fuel them and make them bloodier and more costly," Oxfam's Debbie Hillier, a policy advisor on small arms who spoke to IRIN. She is the lead author of a study released on... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, United Nations

Global Gun Trade a Big Contributor to Death, Poverty of Millions of Africans

Reuters
11 October 2007

JOHANNESBURG -- Wars stripped about $284 billion from Africa's economies between 1990 and 2005, roughly equal to the amount of aid money given to the world's poorest continent, according to a report on Thursday by Oxfam International. In the study "Africa's Missing Billions," the British aid group said the 23 conflicts engulfing Africa in the period had shrunk economies by an average 15 percent per year at a cost of almost $18 billion... ( gunpolicy.org )

Ghana, Africa, United Nations

Global Gun Trade Treaty: 15 Years of Gun Violence Have Cost Africa $300bn

Accra Daily Mail (Ghana)
11 October 2007

The cost of conflict on African development was approximately $300bn between 1990 and 2005, according to new research by Oxfam International, IANSA and Saferworld. This is equal to the amount of money received in international aid during the same period. The study "Africa's Missing Billions" is the first time analysts have estimated the overall effects of conflict on GDP across the continent and comes as diplomats from around the... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Kingdom, Africa, United Nations

Kenyan Tribal Elder Asks the Question: How Do All These Guns Get Here?

BBC News (Scotland)
11 October 2007

Eileen Clarkson of Oxfam Scotland travelled to Kenya as part of the Control Arms campaign with David and Ozlem Grimason, whose son was killed by a gunman in Turkey. On the day a new report reveals the cost of conflict on African development, she tells the BBC Scotland news website why there should be an Arms Trade Treaty. When I was pregnant with my first child, the midwife told my group of first-time mothers that such... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, United Nations, World

Nations, NGOs Promote 153-Country Push for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty

Reuters
10 October 2007

UNITED NATIONS -- Former U.N. military commanders, pressure groups and diplomats urged the United Nations on Tuesday to pass more stringent controls on the global arms trade. At a news conference organized by aid group Oxfam International, they called for a framework to prevent arms transfers in cases where they are likely to be used in violation of international law, to fuel conflict or undermine development. There is... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, United Nations

Wars Cost Africa US$18 Billion Annually: Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed

Africa Focus / allAfrica.com (Washington)
10 October 2007

WASHINGTON, DC -- A new study shows that conflicts in Africa cost the continent over 300 billion U.S. dollars between 1990 and 2005 -- an amount equivalent to all the international aid received by sub-Saharan Africa in the same period. The results of the study were released Thursday in a report by Oxfam International, the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and Saferworld. The report is the first to show, on a large... ( gunpolicy.org )

United States, United Nations, World

US Only UN Member State to Vote Against Arms Trade Treaty Talks

Newsweek (USA) / International Edition, 15 Oct
7 October 2007

About half a million people worldwide are killed every year by small arms. That's far more victims than are slain by missiles or WMD, yet they get all the attention of international arms-control agreements. Now nearly 100 countries are trying to change that, by pushing for the creation of a new treaty that would finally regulate the highly lethal international trade in smaller arms. The initiative, which is being pushed by Britain,... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, United States, World

100 Governments Push for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty: Only America Stalls

Associated Press
1 October 2007

UNITED NATIONS -- Britain, Japan, Australia and others are pushing for an unprecedented treaty regulating the arms trade worldwide, in a campaign sure to last years and to pit them against a determined American foe, the National Rifle Association. In what U.N. officials say is an "overwhelming" response, almost 100 governments have submitted ideas for such a treaty, to be reviewed over the next year. There's an "extremely urgent"... ( gunpolicy.org )

Burundi, Congo (DRC), United Nations, World

Burundi Massacre Reminds World of the Need for a Global Gun Trade Treaty

Nation (Nairobi), Opinion
17 August 2007

The events that happened exactly three years ago on that date will always haunt me. I was accustomed to starting the day with the morning radio bulletin -- which rarely bore good tidings in Burundi where I was working at the time -- but nothing prepared me for the bloody events that had occurred during the night. One hundred and fifty six refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly women and children, including a three-month-old... ( gunpolicy.org )

Nigeria, West Africa

West African NGOs Call for Govt Collaboration on Global Gun Trade Treaty

This Day (Lagos)
3 July 2007

LAGOS -- Various stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to set up a Small Arms Working Group (SAWG) to meet on ways to check proliferation in the country. The committee, when convened, is also to discus a cross-regional methodology for data collection; information sharing between members, network and the Government without endangering the lives of members of the Working Group and other interested parties. Above... ( gunpolicy.org )

Nigeria, West Africa

Guns Prolong Nigerian Conflicts, Govt Should Push Global Gun Trade Treaty

Vanguard (Lagos)
29 June 2007

The West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), has called on the Federal government to address the issues that have given rise to the increase in demand for small arms in Nigeria, noting that it has fueled and prolonged conflicts in the country. WAANSA, a members of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), the global movement against gun violence, is a network of 700 civil society organisations working in... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Kingdom, United Nations, World

A Death by Gunshot Every Minute: UK Govt Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty

Guardian (UK), Opinion
19 June 2007

Small arms kill one person every minute. I believe this is neither inevitable nor acceptable. So today I am calling on the world to take action to stop weapons getting into the wrong hands and to prevent thousands of brutal, unnecessary and unjust deaths. There is an opportunity -- for the first time -- for a global deal to control the movement of small arms, such as AK47s and anti-aircraft rocket launchers, as well as heavier weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Kingdom, United Nations, World

Britain Urges World to Make UN Global Gun Trade Treaty a Top Priority

Khaleej Times (Dubai) / Agence France Presse
19 June 2007

LONDON -- Britain's International Development Secretary Hilary Benn on Tuesday called on world leaders to make a priorty the concluding of a treaty regulating the trade of weapons. Writing a comment piece in The Guardian daily, Benn said that there "is an opportunity -- for the first time -- for a global deal to control the movement of small arms, such as AK-47s and anti-aircraft rocket launchers, as well as heavier weapons like... ( gunpolicy.org )

West Africa, United Nations, World

West African ECOWAS Nations to Fight for Global Gun Trade Treaty at UN

This Day (Lagos)
19 June 2007

LAGOS, Nigeria -- President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has called on West African states to support the global move towards an Arms Trade Treaty. He made the call at the ECOWAS recent Heads of State Summit in Abuja, Nigeria. The call was also made during the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (11-17 June) when governments, UN agencies and civil society groups highlighted the problems of gun violence... ( gunpolicy.org )

Liberia, West Africa

West African Nations Call for Greater Restrictions on Global Gun Trade

United Press International
18 June 2007

ABUJA, Nigeria -- More West African nations are supporting efforts for greater restriction of the global arms trade. The head of the Economic Community of the West African States said that by having an international arms trade treaty, violence in the region could be reduced significantly. "West Africa has suffered from gun proliferation and misuse for too many years," said ECOWAS president Mohammed Ibn Chambas, adding that... ( gunpolicy.org )

Gambia, West Africa

West African NGOs Promote Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence

Daily Observer (Banjul)
18 June 2007

The West African Network on Peace-building (Wanep) The Gambia, has joined the rest of the world in observing the Global Week of Action Gun Violence from June 11 to 17. According to a press release from Wanep, people across the globe have united against guns during the annual Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (11-17 June 2007). "IANSA members in over 100 countries are highlighting the human cost of small arms proliferation... ( gunpolicy.org )

Namibia

Namibia Must Invoke Strong Gun Control, Support Global Arms Trade Treaty

Namibian (Windhoek), Editorial
15 June 2007

This week is being observed as Global Week against Gun Violence by several non-governmental organisations including the Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (Nangof) and other southern African groups. Gun control is of course a vitally important issue in not only Namibia, but other southern African societies, especially those that have emerged from struggle and war, and where there is a proliferation of small arms. ... ( gunpolicy.org )

Namibia

Namibian NGOs Push Govt to 'Get With the Programme' on Gun Control

Namibian (Windhoek)
14 June 2007

Representatives of civil society have called on Government to urgently review the Fire Arms Act of 1996 and to submit its views on the Arms Trade Treaty. The Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (Nangof), International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and the Gun Free Southern Africa observe this week as the Global Week Against Gun Violence. In a statement yesterday, Pauline Dempers of Nangof said gun crime... ( gunpolicy.org )

World, Australia, Pacific, Africa

Global Campaign Promotes United Nations Arms Trade Treaty [Part 1 of 2]

ABC TV Lateline (Australia) [Part 1 of 2], Transcript
7 May 2007

TONY JONES: 800 million small arms are in the hands of rebel groups, bandits and terrorists worldwide. That extraordinary total is fuelling the push by the United Nations for a treaty which will regulate the production and sale of small arms. The only country which opposed last year's resolution kick-starting the treaty process was the United States. For Australia, the problem is closer to home than many realise, with Australian... ( gunpolicy.org )

World, Australia, Pacific, Africa

Global Campaign Promotes United Nations Arms Trade Treaty [Part 2 of 2]

ABC TV Lateline (Australia) [Part 2 of 2], Transcript
7 May 2007

TONY JONES: Mary Robinson is the former United Nations high commissioner for human rights and the former president of Ireland. She is now the Honorary President for Oxfam International and she heads the Ethical Globalisation Initiative. Last year on the 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights she led the call for the creation of a new international arms trade treaty, one that closes the loop holes that allow... ( gunpolicy.org )

United States, Liberia, United Nations, World

Liberian President Urges Americans to Support UN Global Gun Trade Treaty

Boston Globe, Opinion
2 May 2007

My country, Liberia, has a coat of arms that shows the sun rising behind a 19th-century sailing ship bringing Africans back from slavery in America to start a new life in Africa. That voyage was the result of a movement by many countries that agreed slavery was a terrible wrong done to the people of Africa. They worked together to stop slavery and in 1847 Liberia became the first independent Republic in Africa. Today, 160 years... ( gunpolicy.org )

World

UN Readies for Draft Treaty to Place Limits on Global Gun Trade

InterPress Service News Agency
25 April 2007

UNITED NATIONS -- Against the backdrop of a new national poll calling for stricter gun control in the wake of the mass killings of 32 people on a U.S. university campus last week, the United Nations is getting ready to formulate a new international treaty regulating the proliferation of small arms worldwide. "There is not yet a draft," said Jennifer Abrahamson of Oxfam International, one of the lead organizations campaigning for... ( gunpolicy.org )

United States, World

Hopes That US Massacre Will Advance UN Global Gun Trade Treaty

Associated Press
24 April 2007

UNITED NATIONS -- The former U.N. human rights chief hopes that last week's massacre at Virginia Tech will generate U.S. support for a global treaty to control the international small arms trade. Mary Robinson, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002, noted Monday that the U.S. was the only country to oppose a U.N. General Assembly resolution that could lead to the first international convention on regulating... ( gunpolicy.org )

Bahrain, World

Bahrain Gun Control Campaign Sends 40,000 SMS Arms Treaty Messages

Gulf News (Dubai)
21 April 2007

People in Bahrain are being urged to support a campaign calling for arms control around the world, three weeks after the shooting of nightclub security guard Abbas Ali Salman Al Shakhoori and just days after a high school massacre in the US. More than 40,000 text messages have already been sent to residents asking them to help with efforts to introduce an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), in what is said to be the biggest SMS... ( gunpolicy.org )

West Africa

Disarmament Convention Hears Nigeria's Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty

Vanguard (Lagos)
21 March 2007

GENEVA -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Joy Ogwu has called on international community, includding manufacturers of Small Arms and Light Weapons as well as brokering firms to take a cue after the ECOWAS Covention, which imposes a ban on arms transfers into, from or through the West African sub-region. The Convention, which was adopted last June, places outright ban on the transfer of these small arms and light weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Kingdom, World

UK Spearheads Drive for Global Pact to Stem Gun Sales to Conflict Zones

Financial Times (UK)
20 March 2007

GENEVA -- The government yesterday launched a blueprint for an international pact to control the burgeoning global arms trade, which would ban transfers likely to fuel conflict, human rights abuses, violent crime and terrorism. The UK move follows an overwhelming vote at the United Nations general assembly in December to start work on an arms trade treaty intended to stem the worldwide carnage caused by illicit or unregulated weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )

Uganda, Sudan, Kenya

An AK-47 Now Costs Only 2 Cows on Uganda, Sudan, Kenya Borders

New Vision (Kampala)
19 March 2007

The trafficking in small arms along the Uganda, Sudan and Kenya borders is thriving to the extent that the cost of an AK-47 assault rifle has dropped from 10 cows in 1986 to two cows today. On the Uganda-Sudan border, an AK-47 rifle goes for sh100,000, a pistol for sh50,000 and a bullet for a mere sh200. Inside Sudan, an AK-47 rifle goes for a few chickens. No East African country has as yet submitted a proposal to the... ( gunpolicy.org )

Uganda, East Africa

Cooperation Needed Among East African Nations to Curb Illegal Gun Trade

New Vision (Kampala), Editorial
19 March 2007

KAMPALA -- Are they 200,000 or 400,000? The number of small arms in circulation in Uganda might be debatable. What is not debatable, however, is that the proliferation of small arms in the hands of unauthorised people is a huge problem in Uganda and the whole region. Security sources cite the number of illegal arms in Karamoja at 40,000. That alone is a major threat. Weapons continue to flow in from South Sudan, Kenya and the Democratic... ( gunpolicy.org )

World

Arms Trade Treaty Badly Needed to Curb Global Gun Running - Martin Bell

Independent (UK), Opinion
16 March 2007

Where are the weapons coming from? It was a question that crept into my mind more and more as I reported on conflicts around the world. I used to pick up bullets and shells at the scene of shootings and bring them home -- although I have stopped doing so these days on security grounds. Of course, arms supplies are not the stuff of three-minute TV reports, but they are the fuel that keeps wars alive. And, the manufacturers' markings... ( gunpolicy.org )

United States

Conservative Commentators Review the Washington, DC Gun Law Ruling

National Review (USA) on line symposium, Opinion
14 March 2007

Randy E. Barnett: When discussing with my wife the Supreme Court justices' possible reaction to the Parker case, she observed that "it would be really exciting if they followed the Constitution." Indeed! But I predict they won't hear the case. True, the federal circuits now disagree about the original meaning of the Second Amendment. But there is no "circuit split" on the constitutionality of either the D.C. statute or... ( gunpolicy.org )

Uganda

Uganda Plans to Revamp Its Gun Laws to Counter Regional Gun Running

New Vision (Kampala)
14 March 2007

KAMPALA -- The Government is designing a comprehensive firearms policy to replace the current obsolete Firearms Act of 1970, which will among other things curb the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country and the Great Lakes region. Speaking at a media meeting at Hotel Africana on Tuesday, the coordinator of the Uganda National Focal Point, Richard Nabudere, said the new policy is in its final stages. "We... ( gunpolicy.org )

Kenya, East Africa

100,000 Illegal Guns Reported in Kenya, 'Widening Market' in East Africa

Nation (Nairobi)
11 March 2007

NAIROBI -- There is one illegal gun to every 300 Kenyans, according to government estimates. And it is these 100,000 illegal weapons which have facilitated the spike in crime and been used in the killing of many Kenyans. A Sunday Nation investigation in Nairobi revealed that there are tens of gangs which provide a deep and widening market for illegal weapons. Guns for use in carjackings and robberies are readily... ( gunpolicy.org )

Philippines

Philippines Legislator Calls for Curbs on Global Gun Trade

Official Blog of Rep. Etta Rosales (Manila), Blog
7 February 2007

I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to attend this very relevant gathering. The issue of illicit trade in small arms and light weapons could not come at a more opportune time. It has been reported that 638 million small arms around the world, and that by 2020 the number of deaths caused by these weapons will outnumber of deaths caused by malaria, for example. In the Philippines, the small scale gun manufacturing... ( gunpolicy.org )

Haiti, Jamaica

More Evidence of Drugs-for-guns Trade Between Jamaica and Haiti

AlterPresse (Port-au-Prince)
6 February 2007

LONDON -- Jamaican police have carried out a series of arrests and seizures of firearms that appear to confirm long-held suspicions of the existence of an extensive criminal network smuggling marijuana and guns between Jamaica and the nearby nation of Haiti. On February 4th, following a shoot-out between Jamaican police and an unidentified man in Spanish Town in the central parish of St Catherine, a gun was recovered from the man... ( gunpolicy.org )

Europe, World

EU Lawmakers Call for Tougher Action on Global Arms Trade

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
18 January 2007

STRASBOURG -- European Union lawmakers on Thursday urged member states to step up their support for establishing an international arms trade treaty and underlined the bloc's determination to keep up the disputed arms embargo against China. "The embargo imposed on China should not be lifted until there is a clear and lasting improvement in the situation regarding human rights and social and political freedoms," said a report adopted... ( gunpolicy.org )

Africa, World

Illegal Small Arms Trade Fuelling African Conflicts, Says Amnesty Study

Voice of America
4 January 2007

GENEVA -- The major wars of the 20th century gave a boost to the legal arms trade. But the end of the Cold War and the move from international to local and regional conflicts pushed trade in small arms and light weapons into a gray zone where oversight is difficult. Today, brokers and their networks of intermediaries and sub-contractors are increasingly involved in trafficking weapons to rebel groups fighting in developing countries. ... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World, United States

UN Approves Global Gun Trade Treaty Talks, Only US Votes Against

Associated Press
7 December 2006

UNITED NATIONS -- Over U.S. objections, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Wednesday that could lead to the first international treaty on controlling the trade in assault rifles, machine guns and other small arms. The nonbinding resolution asks the secretary-general to seek the views of the 192-member General Assembly on the feasibility of a comprehensive treaty "establishing common international standards for the import,... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World, United States

UN General Assembly Approves Next Moves on Global Gun Trade Treaty

Reuters
6 December 2006

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to let work begin on a new treaty to bolster arms embargoes and prevent human rights abuses by setting uniform worldwide standards for arms deals. The vote in the 192-nation assembly was 153-1, with the United States casting the sole "no" vote. Twenty-four other nations abstained, including major arms sellers China and Russia and emerging exporters... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World, United States

UN Votes 153-1 for Global Gun Trade Treaty Talks: US Sole Vote Against

United Nations (New York)
6 December 2006

The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution effectively kicking off a diplomatic process aimed at promulgating a new international treaty on the global trade in conventional arms -- a move immediately hailed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan -- as it acted on a series of resolutions adopted at the recommendation of its Disarmament and International Security (First) Committee. "The Secretary-General welcomes today's... ( gunpolicy.org )

World, Iraq

Global Gun Trade: Reducing Demand for Firearms is 'Smart for Business'

Baltimore Sun (Maryland), Opinion
3 December 2006

Last week marked an unfortunate anniversary: The U.S. presence in Iraq is now longer than U.S. involvement in World War II. A major reason for the length of our stay in Iraq has been the widespread use of large numbers of small arms and light weapons as the primary tool of war. These weapons are devastating in terms of lives lost, but in Iraq, and many other conflict areas, small arms proliferation also has substantially hindered economic... ( gunpolicy.org )

World, United Nations

Guns are the World's Most Serious Weapon-Related Security Threat

Arms Control Today, Opinion
1 December 2006

What is the most serious weapons-related security threat? The answer depends on who you are and where you live. For many Westerners, the biggest worry may be catastrophic nuclear terrorism. But for millions of people in conflict-ridden developing regions, the greatest threat emanates from the free flow of and trade in conventional weapons. With global arms sales soaring to more than $44 billion in 2005 and hundreds of thousands of people... ( gunpolicy.org )

Russia, United States, China, World

Russia Tops US, Europe, China in Gun Trade to Developing World

National Post (Toronto) / CanWest
6 November 2006

UNITED NATIONS -- Ask anyone to guess who's the biggest arms supplier to developing countries and chances are the answer will be the United States -- the world's biggest arms trader. But the latest figures on new arms deals show Russia is now the biggest peddler of weapons to what used to be called the Third World, and the United States comes in third behind France. In fact, when it comes to sub-Saharan Africa, host to... ( gunpolicy.org )

World, United Nations

Licensed to Kill: The Global Gun Trade and the UN Arms Trade Treaty

Radio Netherlands, Transcript
5 November 2006

The international arms trade is big business. Each year, arms manufacturers produce enough bullets to kill every human on the planet twice. Those who profit most from the industry are also some of the world's most powerful -- countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, China and Russia. Together, they produce almost 90 percent of arms exports. Yet a lack of proper regulations means millions of weapons are... ( gunpolicy.org )

Nigeria, West Africa

Nigerian NGO Mobilizes National Assembly on ECOWAS Gun Control

Vanguard (Lagos)
3 November 2006

Nigeria Action Network on Small Arms (NANSA) in collaboration with Oxfam GB recently organised a round table discussion on the need for Nigeria Government to ratify the ECOWAS Convention on small arms and light weapons, and also to champion Africa's support for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations. The programme which was a product of the efforts by individuals, government and non-governmental organisations across the world,... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

UN Vote Paves Way for Global Gun Trade Treaty: 164 Voted 'Yes,' USA 'No'

Guardian (UK)
28 October 2006

An overwhelming UN vote paving the way to an arms trade treaty controlling the growing international trade in conventional weapons was welcomed enthusiastically yesterday by Britain, human rights groups and aid organisations. The UN general assembly's first committee, responsible for disarmament and international security, voted by 139 votes to one on Thursday in favour of the move. The British government has been at the... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

UN Approves Global Gun Trade Treaty: US the Only Country to Vote 'No'

Associated Press
27 October 2006

UNITED NATIONS -- A key United Nations committee on Thursday approved a resolution that could lead to an international treaty on small-arms control, a move hailed by gun-control advocates but opposed by the U.S. and gun-rights groups. The measure would begin studies of a possible treaty, and must be approved by the General Assembly, which is likely to take it up next month. Human-rights campaigners said such a treaty would go a... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

UN Panel Backs New Treaty on Global Gun Trade, Voting 139 to 1

Reuters
26 October 2006

UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. General Assembly committee voted on Thursday to let work begin on a new treaty intended to strengthen arms embargoes and prevent human rights abuses by setting uniform global standards for arms deals. The assembly's Disarmament and International Security Committee voted 139 to 1, with the United States casting the sole "no" vote, to approve the start of work on a new arms trade. Another 26 nations... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World, United States

UN, World Kicks Off Global Gun Trade Treaty: Sole 'No' Vote Cast By USA

InterPress Service News Agency
26 October 2006

UNITED NATIONS -- United Nations member states voted Thursday to create an international treaty to curb the illicit trade in guns and other light weapons, despite strong opposition from the United States and other big powers. On Thursday, a vast majority of delegates to the U.N. General Assembly's first committee endorsed the resolution calling for the establishment of a treaty to stop weapons transfers that fuel conflict, poverty... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Fifteen Nobel Peace Laureates Call for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty

Independent (South Africa) / AFP
24 October 2006

Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize laureates on Tuesday urged United Nations member states to back a draft resolution aimed at controlling international arms sales. The draft, co-sponsored by Argentina, Australia, Britain, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan and Kenya, comes to a vote on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly's First Committee, which deals with disarmament. The Nobel laureates, including the Dalai Lama, South African Archbishop... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

United Nations Vote Nears on Global Gun Trade Treaty Resolution

Voice of America
24 October 2006

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday a UN panel is expected to vote on whether to begin work on a global arms trade treaty. The treaty would control the sale and trade of small arms and some conventional weapons. This week, 15 Nobel Laureates -- including Archbishop Desmond Tutu -- announced their support for a treaty. Helen Hughes is the arms policy advisor for Amnesty International and has been lobbying in favor of the treaty resolution.... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Kingdom, United States, United Nations

Britain to Defy US Over UN Resolution on Global Gun Trade

Guardian (UK)
21 October 2006

The UK is next week expected to push through the United Nations a resolution to open the way for a landmark arms trade treaty, in spite of opposition from the US, Russia and China. Campaigners have been pressing for years for such a treaty. An attempt at the UN three years ago had to be abandoned because of the level of hostility and failure to win sufficient backing. But a British government source said, as of yesterday,... ( gunpolicy.org )

Fiji, Pacific

Pacific Islands Forum Nations Urged to Back UN Global Gun Trade Treaty

Fiji Times
21 October 2006

Pacific Island Countries have been asked to support United Nations resolution for an arms trade treaty to regulate the production and sales of arms. The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC) is disappointed that Pacific states have not come out publicly to support it. Spokeswoman Adi Ema Tagicakibau said PCRC was urgently calling on Pacific UN member states to throw their weight in support of the resolution. She... ( gunpolicy.org )

Pacific, United Nations

Guns and the Pacific: Wasteful Hiccup, Distractions at the United Nations

Austral Policy Forum, Nautilus Institute, Opinion
19 October 2006

At the recent United Nations small arms Review Conference in New York, [1] a global process to link the proliferation of small arms with international development, public health and human rights slid into an inconclusive and wasteful hiatus. In addition, a spin-off Arms Trade Treaty could distract from more direct and localised efforts to curb gun violence. Given current events in East Timor, South East Asia and the Pacific, these... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Big Powers Split on Proposed United Nations Global Gun Trade Treaty

Asian Tribune / IPS
18 October 2006

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is responding positively to a call from peace activists and human rights organisations for a new international treaty to monitor the world's growing 1.1-trillion-dollar global arms trade. A resolution calling for the creation of a group of governmental experts to explore the feasibility of starting work on such a treaty has been gathering strong support. As of last week, "more than 80... ( gunpolicy.org )

Congo (DRC), United Nations

Congo Rebels Use Guns, Bullets from South Africa, US, China, Russia

Sunday Times (South Africa) / AFP
16 October 2006

LONDON -- Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are fighting with bullets and small arms from South Africa, the USA, Greece, China, Russia and Serbia despite a UN and other embargos, a report said on Monday. The Control Arms Campaign report did not suggest that firms in these countries were violating a UN arms embargo imposed in 2003, but suggested the equipment was being diverted to the DRC from third countries. ... ( gunpolicy.org )

World, United Nations

Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed to Reduce Conflict, Says Control Arms

Reuters AlertNet
16 October 2006

DAKAR -- Only a tough international arms trade treaty can stem the flood of weapons into conflict zones like Congo, where rebels blamed for rights abuses use weapons and munitions from across the globe, campaigners said on Monday. Oxfam International, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) said in a statement that United Nations' arms embargoes against countries in conflict were not enough,... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Preliminary Debate Begins on UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Resolution

Voice of America
12 October 2006

WASHINGTON -- At the United Nations, preliminary debate begins Thursday on a resolution to initiate work on a global arms trade treaty. Nearly 80 governments have co-sponsored the resolution, including South Africa, Liberia and Rwanda. Anna MacDonald is a policy adviser for OXFAM International. From New York, she spoke to VOA English to Africa Service reporter Joe De Capua about the resolution. "The resolution is calling... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Arms Before Aid: Globalisation of Gun Trade Avoids Arms Export Controls

Guardian (UK)
10 October 2006

Worldwide spending on weapons is expected to reach record levels this year at a time when the arms industry is increasingly able to avoid export controls, human rights and aid agencies say in a report published on Monday. By the end of the year, military spending is estimated to reach $1,058-billion, about 15 times the amount spent on international aid, say Amnesty, Oxfam and the International Action Network on Small Arms (Iansa).... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Like Land Mines, the Global Gun Trade Must be Curbed by UN Arms Treaty

Toronto Star (Ontario), Opinion
8 October 2006

Remember the excitement nearly 10 years ago when the treaty to ban land mines was signed in Ottawa? What began as a small, grassroots campaign had achieved a legally binding international agreement to banish the scourge of anti-personnel mines from the planet. October offers a similar opportunity to tackle the horrific excesses of the arms trade. Later this month, the UN will vote on a resolution to start work on an Arms Trade Treaty, exactly... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Religious Leaders Urge Global Gun Trade Curbs, UN Arms Trade Treaty

Edmonton Journal (Alberta) / AFP
7 October 2006

LONDON -- A group of religious leaders including Nobel winner Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama called Tuesday for urgent agreement on a global arms trade treaty, saying it could save hundreds of thousands of lives. The call came a day after a report warned that arms traders are profiting from a lack of international rules to supply weapons to unscrupulous groups and bypass arms embargoes on countries. "The world is awash... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Global Gun Trade Under Fire in Run-up to UN Arms Trade Treaty Vote

Washington Times / UPI
6 October 2006

Global rights and aid groups, ahead of U.N. debate on the subject, seek a clampdown on globalization of arms industries they say contribute to rights abuses. The "Arms Without Borders" report was issued by the umbrella Control Arms Campaign, whose members include Oxfam International, Amnesty International and International Action Network on Small Arms. Its release coincided with the beginning of U.N. debate on an arms trade treaty.... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Guns, Small Arms in the Wrong Hands

Scoop Independent News (New Zealand), Opinion
6 October 2006

In the time it will take you to read this article, five people will have been shot dead. It seems if nothing else, humans have perfected the efficiency of killing; one can now eradicate life with a slight movement of the finger. As Ronald Reagan's would be assassin, John W. Hinckley, Jr. once said, "Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little effort." However, the reality is they kill many... ( gunpolicy.org )

Uganda

Deadly Arms Entering Uganda, Says Globalisation of Gun Trade Report

Monitor (Kampala)
4 October 2006

Uganda is one of the "sensitive" destinations for deadly weapons purchased through a scrappy arms trade framework, a report by the Control Arms Campaign says. The report, Arms Without Borders, says globalisation of the arms industry had opened up loopholes in all current arms trade regulations, allowing sales to human rights abusers and countries under arms embargoes. "Excluding China, for whose companies there is insufficient... ( gunpolicy.org )

Israel

Israeli Firms Join Top 100 Arms Dealers' List in Global Gun Trade Report

Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv)
3 October 2006

Four Israeli companies appear in a list of the top 100 arms dealers in the world, according to a report published yesterday by Amnesty International. The companies are Israel Aircraft Industries, Rafael Arms Development Authority, Elbit Systems and Israel Military Industries. The report, entitled "Arms without Borders," was launched as the United Nations opened its annual session on arms control, in the run-up to a landmark vote... ( gunpolicy.org )

Canada

Canadian Arms Sales Fly Through Loophole: Global Gun Trade Pact Needed

Toronto Star (Ontario)
2 October 2006

Aircraft-parts maker Pratt & Whitney Canada cannot legally sell attack-helicopter parts to Sudan because the Sudanese government has used such helicopters against its own civilians. But Canadian law allows the company to sell turbo shafts to China, helping that country develop its Z-10 attack helicopter. And China can sell the Z-10 to Sudan whether Canada likes it or not. Globalization has taken the arms industry beyond... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Top 5 UN States Run the Global Gun Trade Which Threatens the World

al Jazeera
2 October 2006

Latest studies showed that the international arms trade has increased in shocking percentages since the end of World War II and the beginning of the American President's so-called "War on Terror". What is truly disturbing is that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, supposedly responsible for maintaining global peace, account for 85% of weapons exports. A recent report titled "The Arms without Border"... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

World Has Unique Chance to Curb Global Gun Trade, Says Report

Reuters
2 October 2006

LONDON -- The world has a unique chance starting on Monday to begin to curb the trade in guns and military hardware that kills at least 300,000 people each year and ruins the lives of millions more, campaigners said. Exploiting legal loopholes and unscrupulous dealers, deadly weapons are finding their way from legal manufacturers to countries like Sudan, Indonesia and Uganda which are subject to international arms embargoes, Control... ( gunpolicy.org )

United Nations, World

Control Arms Pushes UN Bid to Block Bloody Global Gun Trade

News24 (Cape Town) / Reuters
1 October 2006

LONDON -- The world has a unique chance starting on Monday to begin to curb the trade in guns and military hardware that kills at least 300 000 people each year and ruins the lives of millions more, said campaigners. Exploiting legal loopholes and unscrupulous dealers, deadly weapons are finding their way from legal manufacturers to countries like Sudan, Indonesia and Uganda, which are subject to international arms embargoes, said... ( gunpolicy.org )

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