UN small arms conference collapses without agreement
 Latest news: the UN small arms conference in New York has collapsed without agreement. That's despite the majority of governments, including the European Union, and many African and Latin American countries, wanting tougher controls on the international trade in small arms and light weapons.
The conference ended last Friday and collapsed after a small number of countries, most prominently the US, blocked key issues so consistently that no agreement was possible. Moves to agree global controls on the small arms trade were blocked by Cuba, India, Iran, Israel and Pakistan.
"By allowing this meeting to fail, governments have squandered the opportunity to take action that would have saved lives around the world," said Rebecca Peters, Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). "It is unacceptable for two weeks of talking to produce no outcome, particularly when 1000 people are still dying at gunpoint every day."
But the fight for an arms trade treaty continues. Find out more on the Control Arms blog >>
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