Tag: Arms Trade Treaty

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro fine-tunes terms of Brazil's adherence to ATT

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree extending Congress' role regarding Brazil's adherence to the UN's International Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 08:19 UTC

  Argentina first of 66 countries to sign UN Arms Trade Treaty; US on hold

  

  Representatives of sixty six countries lined up at U.N. headquarters in New York to sign the first international treaty to regulate the 85 billion dollars global conventional arms trade, a landmark event. However doubts exist about whether the treaty will work.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 - 01:20 UTC

  UN approves first-ever historic arms trade treaty with 23 abstentions and 3 negative votes

  

  The 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the 70 billion dollars international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and warships.
  There were 154 votes in favour, 3 against and 23 abstentions.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:21 UTC

  Seven countries, including Argentina and UK calls for a universal Arms Trade Treaty

  

  The UK and Argentina joined Foreign Ministers from six other countries to call for a universal Arms Trade Treaty. Countries of the world gathered at the UN in July 2012 to negotiate an Arms Trade Treaty but the conference could not reach an agreement.