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Tag: arms trade treaty

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Just days left to secure a strong Arms Trade Treaty

After a decade of campaigning and three very long weeks of talks, we're now entering the last...

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Foreign Secretary William Hague

Strong women for a strong ATT

To draw attention to the injustice, women campaigners dressed in black and offered "Forget...

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Campaigning women in black with the Norwegian delegation

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, calls for a robust Arms Trade Treaty

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate reminded delegates via a video message to the main plenary of the...

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President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia

Photographer recreates Banksy images in call for tighter controls on the arms trade

See Banky's original image Pictures released as negotiations for a new Arms Trade Treaty...

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A life devoted to demobilizing child soldiers

A massive program demobilized more than 35,000 children between 2006 and 2008, but even then the...

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Victor Amisi

"The real negotiations, of course, go on behind closed doors..."

I once asked a British diplomat how things were going at a UN conference. "Very well,"...

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Martin Horwood at the UN

Scots dad attends petition handover with UN Secretary General

David Grimason Also Meets UK Foreign Office Minister Scots Dad David Grimason today (Tues) attended...

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepts Control Arms petition

Overarmed and underfunded While receiving the handover of the global petition and the Parliamentarian,...

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Ban Ki-moon accepts the Control Arms petition

Bodies of evidence on first day of UN Arms Trade Treaty conference

Every day, 2000 people die around the world as a result of armed violence. Arms embargos are imposed...

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Control Arms: Rolling around London… in a Tank!

Yesterday, Oxfam and Amnesty International UK drove a tank around central London, startling passers-by...

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