2006: a critical year for achieving an arms trade treaty
Published Tuesday, January 17, 2006 by Justin Mitchell | E-mail this post
A joint initiative by Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) has formed to reduce arms proliferation and misuse and to convince governments to introduce a binding arms trade treaty.
Check out their webpage at www.controlarms.org.
Also read their recent post - 2006: a critical year for achieving an arms trade treaty.
From the post: "In 2006, the world has a choice. Either it continues to ignore the massive human cost of arms proliferation or it finally acts to control the arms trade," said Barbara Stocking, Director of Oxfam. "No one but a criminal would knowingly sell a gun to a murderer, yet governments can sell weapons to regimes with a history of human rights violations or to countries where weapons will go to war criminals."
Check out their webpage at www.controlarms.org.
Also read their recent post - 2006: a critical year for achieving an arms trade treaty.
From the post: "In 2006, the world has a choice. Either it continues to ignore the massive human cost of arms proliferation or it finally acts to control the arms trade," said Barbara Stocking, Director of Oxfam. "No one but a criminal would knowingly sell a gun to a murderer, yet governments can sell weapons to regimes with a history of human rights violations or to countries where weapons will go to war criminals."
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