by Control Arms | Mar 14, 2013 | News
Ahead of next week negotiations at the UN on the Arms Trade Treaty 18 Nobel Peace Laureates have written to US President Obama to call on him to agree and support the adoption of a strong text. In the letter, names such as Oscar Arias, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and...
by Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | 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...
