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Ban Ki-moon Gives First Report on Global Gun Trade to UN Security Council
1 May 2008
Associated Press of Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS — The uncontrolled trade in small arms and their excessive accumulation and proliferation poses a threat to international peace and security, a senior UN told the Security Council Wednesday.
"We have all witnessed how these weapons have been used to maim and kill; plunder and rape; instil fear and insecurity; block humanitarian aid; hold communities at ransom; destroy the social fabric of entire countries; and how their excessive accumulation and... (GunPolicy.org)