by Raluca Muresan | Mar 13, 2013 | News
The last bit preparatory meeting for the negotiations took place in Addis Ababa, with several African Union governments, the UN and Control Arms representatives attending. ATT President Designate Peter Woolcott also attended the meeting to hear the views of...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 12, 2013 | News
Oxfam and Saferworld issued a new report today called “Getting it Right: The Pieces that Matter for an Arms Trade Treaty”. In this report, the two organizations set out the major gaps in the current draft text of the ATT and also include suggestions of how diplomats...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 11, 2013 | News
Monday marks the start of the Global Week of Action! Throughout the week, Control Arms members and partners will be undertaking a variety of activities to call attention to the upcoming second Diplomatic Conference, scheduled to open at the United Nations on 18 March....
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 8, 2013 | News
Today marks the opening of the Regional Parliamentary Workshop on ‘Addressing the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons and Supporting an Arms Trade Treaty – The Role of Parliamentarians’. Hosted by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 8, 2013 | News
This year, International Women’s Day takes place just before states meet at the United Nations in the Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty. Women and girls around the world suffer different and serious violations due to the proliferation and misuse of arms and...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 6, 2013 | News
Members of the global Control Arms coalition are actively preparing for the upcoming Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiations scheduled to begin at the United Nations on 18 March. This conference is the follow-up to the negotiating conference that took place in July 2012...
