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The U.S. government has finally reached momentum for reforming U.S. foreign aid with two acts and two sweeping agency reviews coming before Congress in the next months. But which way is…

Quelques jours après la déclaration de Hillary Clinton du 14 octobre, qui a officiellement annoncée l’engagement des États unis pour un TCA “fort et cohérent” à adopter sur la base du…

Taiwan News reports on the USA supporting an #ArmsTreaty but demanding consensus decision making in return

Coverage of the US shift in position

On Wednesday I watched as the US’s Disarmament Ambassador announced to the UN First Committee that the US would vote in favour of negotiating an Arms Trade Treaty by 2012.

On face value, this seems like an amazingly positive turnaround – and particularly fitting coming only days after Obama won his hotly debated Nobel peace prize for work in disarmament and UN diplomacy….

Washington Post article on the USA’s shift on the #ArmsTreaty

USA har endelig gått med på å forhandle om en avtale som skal regulere internasjonal handel med våpen, men stiller vilkår som ifølge Amnesty International kan gjøre avtalen verdiløs.

The Arms Control Association responds to US support for the Arms Trade Treaty

Conventional arms transfers are a crucial national security concern for the United States, and we have always supported effective action to control the international transfer of arms.

The United States is prepared to work hard for a strong international standard in this area by seizing the opportunity presented by the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations