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Naciones Unidas,Sierra Leona,Haití,República Democrática del Congo
Arms Trade Controls Have Failed to Protect Civilians, Say Surveys
8 January 2006
Agence France Presse
NEW YORK — Existing small arms trade controls have failed to protect innocent civilians and must be drastically tightened, according to three surveys on the human cost of arms transfers to Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sierra Leone.
The reports were issued by the Control Arms Campaign as the United Nations was set to kick off its first major review of small arms controls in five years.
The Campaign, which brings together Amnesty International,... (GunPolicy.org)