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Welcome to ConflictVoice. We are a group of independent bloggers and campaigners who focus on issues around the impact of conflict on the world's poorest people.Catch up with great posts, pictures and videos- read about what happened during the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations in the UN in October 2009. We had ConflictVoice bloggers at the UN and across the globe highlighting what happened.
Now the UN has started work on the Arms Trade Treaty find out what it should contain. Watch our slideshow:
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We know that the United States is pushing for the ATT resolution to dictate that treaty negotiations happen by absolute consensus. This would give veto rights to any state that wants to water down the treaty text. That means states could easily remove from the text any tough provisions to restrict irresponsible arms transfers.
