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Canada Supports Tight Gun Controls, Binding UN Arms Trade Treaty

5 July 2006

Toronto Star (Ontario)

UNITED NATIONS — As UN members grapple with a contentious new agreement on combating the small-arms trade, Canada has taken a firm stand for a treaty that would put tough controls on the flow of guns into territories where they can be used to violate human rights. "Canada is supportive, in principle, of a comprehensive, legally binding arms trade treaty that would cover all conventional arms, which prevents the illicit flow of arms to conflict zones," said a... (GunPolicy.org)

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