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...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 6, 2013 | News
On February 27, civil society organizations and member states from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meet in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss the coming Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Final Diplomatic Conference in March. At the meeting, ECOWAS member states...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 5, 2013 | News
Leaders of non-governmental organizations encouraged President Obama to support and play a leading role in negotiations to conclude an effective Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Negotiations are set to resume during the 18th to the 28th of March. In a letter delivered to the...