by Raluca Muresan | Sep 25, 2013 | News
Over half the countries in the Pacific region have now signed the Arms Trade Treaty during a high-level event that took place on September 25th, at the UN General Assembly, where Kiribati, Nauru and Samoa, following the example of neighbouring island-states, became a...
by Raluca Muresan | Sep 25, 2013 | News
Total signatures now exceed 100! Another big wave of support for The Arms Trade Treaty is taking place this week at the United Nations as a further 22 states added their signatures to the historic Treaty, taking the total number of signatures to 107. The biggest news...
by Raluca Muresan | Sep 25, 2013 | News
As part of a special high-level treaty signing ceremony, four more countries from Asia signed the Arms Trade Treaty. They were Philippines, Mongolia, Bangladesh and Malaysia. On 25th September, the Representative of Permanent Mission of Philippines to the United...
by Raluca Muresan | Sep 25, 2013 | News
“The world has finally put an end to the ‘free-for-all’ nature of international weapons transfers” said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his statement at the United Nations High Level Arms Trade Treaty Panel event, “Towards Universal Participation and...
by Raluca Muresan | Sep 15, 2013 | News
On 25 September, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia joined the group of over 20 countries who signed the Arms Trade Treaty. They did so as part of a special high-level event during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Dr. Zlatko...