Times Live South Africa: Concerns raised a decade ago about the South African arms deal have materialised with a vengeance, write Desmond Tutu, KG Hammar, Thabo Makgoba, Karin Wiborn
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Times Live South Africa: Concerns raised a decade ago about the South African arms deal have materialised with a vengeance, write Desmond Tutu, KG Hammar, Thabo Makgoba, Karin Wiborn
The Hindu, New Delhi News: Twenty-one organisations from across the country have come together to appeal to the Government to go for welfare instead of warfare.
In a parallel event to the Defence Expo-2010 starting this Monday, these organisations, representing civil society, are gathering for “Delhi disarmament events and conference for an arms trade treaty,” which will focus on the consequences of arms trade and the way military spending is prioritised over the well-being of the people.