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Tag: arms control

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03 Apr 2013

History has been made

Congratulations! After ten very long years of campaigning, passion and unbelievable determination...

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By Lisa Rutherford

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12 Mar 2013

Getting it right: the final push to negotiate a strong Arms Trade Treaty

More than 1,500 people lose their lives as a direct result of armed violence each day. That is...

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Getting it right briefing paper jacket

By Helena Whall

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25 Oct 2012

Every bullet has a story - reflections from a Zambian doctor

This blog is by Dr. Robert Mtonga, a medical doctor (general practitioner) from Lusaka, Zambia...

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A spent bullet casing

By Rachel George

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05 Oct 2012

Fighting for an Arms Trade Treaty at the UN General Assembly

I'm in New York, helping co-ordinate our plans with Control Arms Coalition colleagues, on the...

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Fake tombstones are placed along the East River by members of the Control Arms Coalition to coincide with a diplomatic conference on the future Arms Trade Treaty in New York. They are calling on the over 190 countries present to agree a strong global agreement that will bring the arms trade under control. July 24, 2012. Andrew Kelly

By Kate Hughes

03 Sep 2012

Plan B and a strong ATT

When the negotiations for an Arms Trade Treaty were blocked by the US at the last moment in July...

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Illegal guns kill thousands worldwide every day

By Rachel George

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13 Aug 2012

A global Arms Trade Treaty: a marathon not a sprint

The world has come within a hair's breadth of agreeing a global Arms Trade Treaty. This would...

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Malian campaigner Amadou Maiga walks through a mock graveyard set up by the Control Arms coalition next to the United Nations building in New York July 25, 2012

By Anna Macdonald

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30 Jul 2012

Disappointed but not discouraged

Despite herculean efforts from around the world, the Arms Trade Treaty was not agreed on Friday...

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Control Arms campaigners

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27 Jul 2012

For two years I was a dad... then a man started firing

My son Alistair was asleep in his pram inside the cafe in Turkey. He wasn't the gunman's...

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By David Grimason

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25 Jul 2012

Two days left to make a strong treaty

There are now just two days to go at the UN Arms Trade Treaty negotiations in New York and the...

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Fake tombstones are placed along the East River by members of the Control Arms Coalition to coincide with a diplomatic conference on the future Arms Trade Treaty in New York. They are calling on the over 190 countries present to agree a strong global agreement that will bring the arms trade under control. July 24, 2012. Andrew Kelly

By Rachel George

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25 Jul 2012

First reaction to the draft Arms Trade Treaty

It appears the treaty has been reduced from a humanitarian action to simply a regulatory document...

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Anna Macdonald, Paul Conroy and Olly Sprague with the Control Arms tank

By Rachel George

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