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27 October 2006
Overwhelming majority of
world's governments vote to start work on an international
Arms Trade Treaty
Today at the United Nations, the majority of the world’s governments took the first step towards a global Arms Trade Treaty to prevent international arms transfers that fuel conflict, poverty and serious human rights violations. The vote comes three years after the launch of a campaign which has seen over a million people in 170 countries calling for a Treaty.
Media
Release: Overwhelming
majority of world’s governments vote to start
work on an international Arms Trade Treaty
Full results of the vote
18 October 2006
Campaigners for an Arms Trade Treaty attempt fastest lobby of every government in the world
Campaigners for an Arms Trade Treaty will today attempt to lobby all 192 United Nations government missions in 192 minutes, in the run up to an expected vote on a resolution to start work on the Treaty at the UN next week.
Media Release: Campaigners for an Arms Trade Treaty attempt fastest lobby of every government in the world
16 October 2006
Bullets from Greece, China, Russia and United States found in rebel hands in Democratic Republic of Congo
Bullets manufactured in Greece, China, Russia and the USA have been found in the hands of rebel groups in the Ituri District of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is under a UN arms embargo. The research from the Control Arms Campaign underscores the urgent need for an Arms Trade Treaty to stem the flood of arms into conflict zones and is released today, a week before an expected vote at the United Nations on a resolution to start work on the Treaty.
Media Release: Bullets reach DRC rebels in spite of UN arms embargo
10 October 2006
77 governments champion resolution for an Arms Trade Treaty
In a massive show of support for stronger arms controls at the United
Nations in New York, 77 governments co-sponsored a resolution tabled today to start work on a global Arms Trade Treaty. Many more governments are expected to back the initiative in the coming days.
Media Release : 77 governments champion resolution for an Arms Trade Treaty
24 July 2006
Control Arms campaign welcomes Arms Trade
Treaty proposal, urges more reference to human rights
International campaigners welcomed the tabling of
a draft proposal revealed today by a group of seven
key governments to achieve an Arms Trade Treaty in
the United Nations. However the Control Arms campaign
- Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the
International Action Network on Small Arms also criticised
the draft for failing to include the respect of human
rights which must be a fundamental requirement of
an Arms Trade Treaty.
Statement: Control
Arms campaign welcomes Arms Trade Treaty proposal,
urges more reference to human rights
07 July 2006
UN world conference
on small arms collapses without agreement
The UN world conference on small arms has collapsed without agreement, despite the majority of governments, including the European Union, and many African and Latin American governments, backing tougher controls on the international trade in small arms and light weapons.
Media release
: UN world conference on small
arms collapses without agreement
26nd June 2006
UN Secretary General receives world's largest photo petition for tougher global controls on the arms trade
The Control Arms campaign, Amnesty International, Oxfam International and International Action Network on Small Arms, today presented a visual petition by one million people from over 160 countries calling for tough global controls on the arms trade and an Arms Trade Treaty.
The Million Faces Petition was handed over to the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan by Julius Arile, a survivor of armed violence from Kenya and the millionth person to sign the petition
Media Release: UN Secretary General receives world's largest photo petition for tougher global controls on the arms trade
AK-47 is world's worst regulated weapon according to new report
The Kalashnikov assault rifle will remain the most widely-used weapon in conflict zones for at least the next 20 years because it is so poorly regulated, according to a new report by the Control Arms campaign released at the start of the UN world conference on small arms and light weapons in New York.
Media Release: AK-47 is world's worst regulated weapon according to new report
Report: The AK-47: the world's favourite killing machine
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