by Raluca Muresan | Jul 15, 2011 | News
New York: Momentum builds up as key states, survivors, investors’ group, and industry give full backing for global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Diplomats at the United Nations’ talks on the future Arms Trade Treaty have made serious progress this week with a growing number...
by Raluca Muresan | Jul 14, 2011 | News
United Nations, New York: Survivors of armed violence from Sri Lanka, Guatemala, United States of America, Albania, Jamaica, Namibia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo presented a SURVIVOR DECLARATION in support of a strong Arms Treaty (ATT). The Declaration came...
by Raluca Muresan | Jul 11, 2011 | News
Crucial Week Ahead as Arms Trade Treaty negotiations resume in New York With France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States now caught in scandals involving pending and past transfers of arms to places where there is substantial risk they will be used to...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 3, 2011 | News
Each year, 12 billion bullets are produced, two bullets per person in the world. Unrestricted access to ammunition fuels conflict and crime across the globe. Often referred to as “the real weapon of mass destruction”, hundreds of thousands of people are killed by...
by Raluca Muresan | Feb 28, 2011 | News
Top of the agenda will be discussions around the criteria against which transfers of arms should either be authorized or denied. Campaigners stress that if there is a substantial risk that weapons, munitions or related equipment will be used for serious human rights...
