by Control Arms | Dec 23, 2015 | News
Ghana has become the 79th State Party to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), just days before the Treaty’s first anniversary of entering into force. Their instrument of ratification was deposited at the United Nations in New York on 22 December 2015. Throughout the Treaty...
by Control Arms | May 19, 2015 | News
Nearly one week ago, Karamoko Diakite addressed the UN Security Council as part of an open debate on small arms and light weapons. He spoke on behalf of global civil society and the countless victims of armed violence around the world. His powerful story was...
by Control Arms | May 14, 2015 | News
The potential for the ATT to reduce violence from Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) featured strongly during a debate at the UN Security Council on Wednesday. The Debate, which was convened by the Mission of Lithuania, in its capacity as Council President, drew wide...
by Control Arms | Sep 25, 2013 | News
During the UNGA High Level week in September, four West African states – Ghana, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau – signed the Arms Trade Treaty as part of the High Level treaty signing event. Ghana signed the Treaty on 24 September, 2013, but it has shown...
by Control Arms | 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...