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Nigeria Leads in Global Fight Against Illegal Gun Trade

9 July 2006

This Day (Lagos)

LAGOS — As the United Nations review conference on small arms ends, Nigeria showed itself to be a leader in the global fight against the illegal trade in small arms and light weapons. Recently, Nigeria gave its strongest support yet to an Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the illegal import and export of the small arms and light weapons that have wreaked mayhem on Africa's largest country for over a decade. In a declaration to the conference, Ambassador Simeon... (GunPolicy.org)

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