by Raluca Muresan | Mar 15, 2013 | News
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his support for a comprehensive Arms Trade Treaty in a statement released today. In the statement, he reiterated his “support for an Arms Trade Treaty that regulates international transfers of both weapons...
by Raluca Muresan | 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 Raluca Muresan | Mar 13, 2013 | News
Ever wondered how to reach people from 50 countries in a single campaign event? The Arias Foundation in San José, Costa Rica has done just that. They promoted the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace campus at an event which included...
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 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....
