"Stay focused"

Actor Helen Mirren's appeal to the UN

Helen Mirren has been a longstanding vocal supporter of Oxfam and the Control Arms campaign. In 2004, she saw at first hand the devastating and brutalising effect that readily-available arms were having on children in northern Uganda.

In December 2006, 153 governments voted at the UN General Assembly to start work on an Arms Trade Treaty. That’s fantastic news! But not all states want a tough ATT. In this short video, Helen calls on the UN to stay focused and agree effective new measures to curb the arms trade.