ConflictVoice blogger Jen Nedeau on the outcome of the last few weeks talks at the UN on the Arms Trade Treaty
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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.
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ConflictVoice blogger Jen Nedeau on the outcome of the last few weeks talks at the UN on the Arms Trade Treaty
Today at the United Nations after years of discussions and debates, the vast majority of governments – 153 in total - agreed a timetable to establish a “strong and robust” Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with the “highest common standards” to control international transfers of conventional arms. There is currently no global Treaty on the conventional arms trade.
Communiqué de presse de la plateforme française “Contrôlez les Armes !” :
Aujourd’hui, à l’ONU, les Etats-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, la France, et 150 pays s’engagent dans le processus…
Une explication des principes généraux du Traité pour le Commerce des Armes
more about “Les principes généraux du Traité pour…”, posted with vodpod
This week states will take a potentially historic vote at the UN. They will decide whether to launch formal negotiations on an international Arms TradeTreaty to regulate the global arms trade.
À la lecture du verdict énoncé le 27 octobre par le tribunal correctionnel de Paris, concernant les transferts d’armes en direction de l’Angola, on peut se dire que la justice est en marche….
Les jugements du procès de l’Angolagate, une affaire de vente d’armes de guerre à l’Angola dans les années 1990, ont été rendus, mardi 27 octobre, par le tribunal correctionnel de Paris. L’ancien ministre Charles Pasqua a notamment été condamné un an de prison ferme et a déjà fait part de son intention de faire appel.
#armstreaty / The European Union imposed an arms embargo on Guinea and prepared other sanctions in response to the killing last month of numerous anti-government demonstrators by the west African state’s military rulers.
Dentre os inúmeros processos diplomáticos que se desenrolam este mês nos agitados corredores e plenários da ONU em Nova York, talvez o que mais chame a atenção é o chamado “ATT”. O Tratado de Controle sobre o Comércio de Armas (conhecido por suas siglas em inglês para “Arms Trade Treaty”) visa estabelecer regras internacionais para a transferência de armas entre países – comércio que hoje, inacreditavelmente, ocorre sem nenhum tipo de controle.
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