Control Arms at the First Committee

The First Committee of the UN General Assembly deals with disarmament and international security issues. The Committee meets throughout October and it's here that the main discussions on the Arms Trade Treaty take place. This was a crucial year, as at the end of the meeting all UN member states would have the opportunity to vote on a resolution setting out the next steps in the ATT process. Campaigners were in New York throughout October to put pressure on governments to support the resolution. Read our blog posting below to find out what happened below or see our French language blog here.

• Landslide UN vote in favour of Arms Trade Treaty - 31 October 2008

• Senior military officers back an Arms Trade Treaty - 24 October 2008

• Parliamentarians' declaration presented to the UN - 23 October 2008

• 192 missions in 192 minutes! - 21 October 2008

• 83 countries co-sponsor the resolution - 17 October 2008

• Control Arms at the UN - Why are we here? - 16 October 2008

• From rickshaws to giant sunglasses; Control Arms at the UN 2008 - 15 October 2008