by Raluca Muresan | Mar 18, 2014 | News
Control Arms is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Macdonald as the new Director of the coalition’s Secretariat. Anna brings many years of experience in campaigning, advocacy, and policy to the role, through her almost 20 year career at Oxfam, and her...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 14, 2014 | News
Progress toward entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty has continued through the month of March, with two Balkan States leading the way. This month, both the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania both deposited their respective instruments of...
by Raluca Muresan | Feb 12, 2014 | News
Panama capped off the first ten countries to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) when it submitted its instrument of ratification at the United Nations in New York on 11 February. “This latest ratification shows the commitment from the Latin American region to ensuring...
by Raluca Muresan | Feb 12, 2014 | News
Ambassador Geir Pedersen, the Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, deposited Norway’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) instrument of ratification at UN headquarters today, making the northern European nation the eleventh country to ratify the Arms Trade...
by Raluca Muresan | Jan 22, 2014 | News
Control Arms made further progress on developing a civil society monitoring regime for the Arms Trade Treaty when it convened a two-day meeting of experts in Geneva, Switzerland last week. The meeting brought together over 30 experts from government, the United...
by Raluca Muresan | Jan 10, 2014 | News
2013 was a year of highlights in the area of international arms control. The Arms Trade Treaty finally became a reality as 115 countries signed the landmark agreement and 9 countries officially submitted their ratification at the United Nations. On 9 January 2014,...