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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 can now say that a global arms trade treaty is possible.” The statement was made by the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Sérgio Duarte, after a meeting between the European Union and the United Nations held this February in Vienna, Austria.
“We have entered an important new stage,” said Oistein Thorsen (photo) Oxfam humanitarian campaigner…
#ArmsTreaty: Here is the draft text of the resolution for the Arms Trade Treaty - you can read the text in full here. The UK Ambassador summarises the key points from his perspective in the video below. Read it and tell us what you think in the comments. Come back tomorrow for more info on what the text means for those affected by armed violence.
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