CONTROL ARMS CAMPAIGN

Control Arms is calling for a global, legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to stop weapons being used to fuel conflict, poverty and human rights abuses. The campaign is run jointly by International Action Network on Small Arms, Amnesty International, and Oxfam International.

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World's biggest Arms Traders Promise Global Arms Treaty

	On Friday 30 October at the United Nations after years of discussions and debates, the vast majority of governments – 153 in total - agreed a timetable to establish a “strong and robust” Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with the “highest common standards” to control international transfers of conventional arms. There is currently no global Treaty on the conventional arms trade.

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What should an Arms Trade Treaty Include?

Find out more about what we want to see in an Arms Trade Treaty

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CONFLICT VOICE

- the latest independent blogs on the UN process towards and Arms Trade Treaty

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