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Arms Trade Treaty

  • Special Report: UN General Assembly Adopts Arms Trade Treaty In Overwhelming Vote
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2013

    UN member states on April 2 adopted the Arms Trade Treaty, a pact that, for the first time, mandates a common set of global standards for transfers of conventional arms. Now the focus turns to bringing the treaty into force.
  • Arms Trade Treaty Moves to UN Assembly
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    UN member states hammered out a new, compromise arms trade treaty (ATT) text after two intense weeks of final negotiations in New York March 18-28, but Iran, North Korea, and Syria blocked its adoption on the final day of the conference, leading a group of more than 90 countries, including the United States, to move the treaty to the General Assembly for approval.
  • ACA Applauds UNGA Support for New Arms Trade Treaty
    Press Room
    April 2, 2013

    Today, the independent, Arm Control Association welcomed the United Nations General Assembly's endorsement of the new Arms Trade Treaty, which will for the first time establish common international standards that must be met before states authorize transfers of conventional weapons or export ammunition and weapons parts and components. The treaty will be open for signature beginning in June.
  • Arms Experts Urge States to Move Treaty Forward to UNGA for Approval and Signature
    Press Room
    March 28, 2013

    Today, the independent, Arm Control Association welcomed the new, compromise Arms Trade Treaty text that has emerged from two intense weeks of final negotiations and years of multilateral talks among the 193 members states of the United Nations.
  • 'Final' Arms Trade Treaty A Good Step Forward
    Press Room
    March 27, 2013

    (United Nations, NY)--Today, arms control analysts welcomed the new, compromise Arms Trade Treaty text that has emerged from intense negotiations and that states may endorse on the final day of the March 18-28 UN diplomatic conference.
  • Closing the Deal on a Robust Global Arms Trade Treaty
    Issue Briefs
    March 11, 2013

    Diplomats from the United States and over 100 other countries will meet in at the United Nations in New York this month for the "final" meeting to negotiate a legally-binding, global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
  • States to Meet for ‘Final’ ATT Conference
    Arms Control Today
    February 28, 2013

    In a renewed effort to complete negotiations on the first treaty establishing common standards for international conventional arms transfers, representatives from more than 100 states are expected to gather later this month in New York for what is being described as the “final” UN conference for concluding an arms trade treaty (ATT).
  • Human Rights, Religious, Security Organizations Urge President Obama to Help Close the Deal on an Effective Global Arms Trade Treaty
    Press Room
    February 26, 2013

    (WASHINGTON, D.C.)—Nongovernmental leaders pressed President Barack Obama today to provide the support necessary to conclude an effective Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which is up for renegotiation at the UN this spring (March 18-28). The ATT will regulate the cross border trade of conventional weapons by closing the loopholes in the current international system.
  • Law Cuts U.S. Ties to Russian Arms Firm
    Arms Control Today
    January 16, 2013

    The Defense Department cannot purchase weapons from Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms export agency, under a provision of the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act.
  • ATT Conference Set for March
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2012