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United Nations First Committee meet on Arms Trade Treaty |
 This month's General Assembly meeting at the UN is a crucial moment for tougher controls on arms to become a reality. The First Committee of the United Nations is meeting from October 2 and countries will decide whether or not to vote for in favor of an Arms Trade Treaty. Control Arms campaigners from around the world are continuing to keep pressure on world governments to Control Arms until the very last minute. Read the latest news and updates from our special blog and take action and send a special email to eight key countries asking them to support the Arms Trade Treaty.
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| Control Arms Global Day of Action! |
 On the 13th September campaigners in 42 countries organised activities aimed at putting pressure on their governments to support the Arms Trade Treaty resolution at the UN in October. The key message to these governments was the need for the resolution to be strengthened to include references to international humanitarian law, human rights and sustainable development. The Global Day of Action built upon the previous 100 Days of Action, and even more campaigning and lobbying activities are planned in the lead up to the UN General Assembly. Read more. |
| United Nations Small Arms Review
Conference |
 The
2006 Review Conference will be the first time in five
years that world leaders have come together to review
progress made in the implementation of the United
Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and
Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light
Weapons. This programme was unanimously adopted by
UN member states back in 2001 and the Review Conference
is part of the follow-up process, involving delegates
from member states and representatives from civil
society organisations, including Amnesty International,
IANSA and Oxfam.
The Review Conference is a great opportunity for
governments to agree standards to regulate the arms
trade.
You can follow the conference
from our special blog where Control Arm campaigners
will give you the latest news in special reports,
interviews and video. |
| National handovers of the Million
Faces petition |
 In
the last two weeks your face and 999,999 others have
been delivered to Prime Ministers, Presidents and
parliamentarians around the world, as governments
make final preparations for the Small Arms Review
Conference. In Sri Lanka, the Million Faces petition
was carried on an elephant to a meeting with government
ministers!
You
can take action here.
Highlights from the Million
Faces Petition handover events from around the world |
| 1 Hundred Days. 1 Million Faces.
1 Message |
 As
part of the global 100 Day Countdown to this month's
crucial UN Conference on Small Arms, Control Arms
campaigners around the world have been stepping up
their activities, organising marches, concerts, stunts
and collecting even more faces, to put pressure on
their leaders to support tougher international controls
on arms.
You
can take action here.
Highlights from 100
days of action events from around the world |
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