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Arms Trade Treaty

  • U.S. Supports Arms Trade Treaty Process
    Arms Control Today
    November 5, 2009

    The United States last month pledged its support for talks on a legally binding instrument to regulate the global trade of conventional arms, breaking with previous U.S. votes against the United Nations-led process. UN member states are now expected to approve a schedule that could see an arms trade treaty (ATT) negotiated in 2012.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Arms Experts Welcome U.S. Support for Arms Trade Treaty
    Press Room
    October 15, 2009

    Arms control experts welcomed yesterday's statement by the United States supporting a legally binding treaty to regulate the trade of conventional weapons. The United States was the only country to vote against two previous UN resolutions related to the treaty, but yesterday the Obama administration expressed support for a UN process that could lead to negotiation of such a treaty in 2012.(Continue)
  • ATT Roundtable Discussion - September 30, 2009
    ACA Events
    September 30, 2009

    On September 30, 2009, representatives from U.S. and foreign defense industries, the U.S. government, Congressional offices, and non-governmental organizations and think tanks were invited to discuss a potential Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
  • Toward a Legally Binding Arms Trade Treaty: An Interview with Bill Rammell
    Arms Control Today
    June 4, 2009

    Bill Rammell serves as minister of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs in the United Kingdom. His responsibilities encompass the Middle East, including Iraq and Iran; counterterrorism; counterproliferation; the Far East and Southeast Asia; North America; drugs and international crime; and migration policy. Arms Control Today met with Rammell May 5 to discuss the United Kingdom's efforts on an arms trade treaty and other international arms control issues. (Continue)
  • Experts Urge Obama Administration to Reconsider Landmine Policy on Mine Ban 10th Anniversary
    Press Room
    February 27, 2009

    To mark the tenth anniversary of the highly successful Mine Ban Treaty, arms control experts are calling on President Obama to get in line with key U.S. allies and the international community by bringing the United States into the agreement. (Continue)
  • Interview with Annalisa Giannella, Personal Representative on Nonproliferation of WMD to EU High Representative Javier Solana
    Interviews
    February 16, 2009

    Interviewed by Oliver Meier
  • Arms Trade Treaty Discussion Creeps Forward
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2008

    More than 140 countries voted at the UN First Committee to continue discussion next year on the creation of a global arms trade treaty, marking some progress on a resolution first passed in 2006. The United States voted against the measure and has not yet decided whether to continue its participation in the discussions. With or without the world's top arms trader, significant hurdles exist in reaching a legally binding instrument. Continued slow progress raises the possibility that countries may opt to fashion a treaty outside of traditional UN mechanisms, as was recently done in concluding a cluster munitions agreement. (Continue)
  • U.S. Joins Study of Arms Trade Treaty
    Arms Control Today
    March 1, 2008