by Raluca Muresan | Mar 28, 2013 | News
With governments, civil society, and UN leaders on the edge of their seats, consensus for adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty was broken when a small group of States including Iran, North Korea, and Syria, blocked the passage of this life saving instrument. The move...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 27, 2013 | News
Parliamentarians for Global Action called for a strong Arms Trade Treaty here at the UN in New York yesterday. At an event sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Finland, the Control Arms coalition member reinforced the need to close the loopholes in the draft treaty...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 27, 2013 | News
Anna Macdonald, Oxfam’s Head of Arms Control, said: “We see some improvements have been made since the last draft was issued but there are still some important problems with the new text. “The scope of what would be covered in the treaty is still too narrow. We need a...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 27, 2013 | News
On the penultimate day of the ATT negotiations, we got the media’s attention early morning with a helicopter assembled on a New York rooftop, with the UN in the background. Monday started with a press conference, where it was made clear to the world that the text on...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 26, 2013 | News
As negotiations continue at the United Nations on the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty, take a step back and look at the faces of the people this treaty is for. The slidehow above features 5 people with 5 inspiring testimonies on the need to stop armed violence and...
