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Finally - UN votes to start Arms Trade Treaty negotiations
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October 30th, 2009
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On a central Asian airfield,
this truck offloads boxes of
ammunition from an aircraft
arriving from ...
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Could it be easier to buy
weapons? (c) Fortune; Designers;
Katerina Arvanitidou, Harris
Theodoratos, ...
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Some states have proposed an
Arms Trade Treaty should be
limited to the seven categories
of the UN ...
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Surplus assault rifles are
destroyed in a crushing machine
provided through state
assistance, 2003 ...
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An oil refinery destroyed by
fighting, August 2008 (c) Sarah
Hunter
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The Treaty must ensure accountability – with provisions for adjudication, dispute settlement and sanctions.
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The Arms Trade Treaty must have an effective mechanism to monitor compliance.
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Global Principle 5: The Treaty must be workable and enforceable
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Corruption in the arms trade can
cost states millions that could
be spent on water, education ...
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Women protest the high level of
killings of women in their
country, and inadequate state
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The Treaty must include all essential transactions for those international transfers – including those by dealers/brokers and those providing technical assistance, training, transport, storage, finance and security.
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The Arms Trade Treaty must include all weapons – including all military, security and police arms, as well as related equipment and munitions, components, expertise and production equipment.
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Global Principle 4: The Treaty must be comprehensive
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Military munitions rigged as an
improvised explosive device,
recovered by police from ...
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A woman and child try to avoid
shelling on the opposite side of
the building, 2007 (c) Private
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A child stands in a bomb
shelter, following a bombing
raid in his crowded city suburb,
2009 (c) ...
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Global Principle 3: The Treaty must be based on States' international legal obligations and global norms
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Global Principle 2: The Treaty must uphold States' express obligations under international law.
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An effective Arms Trade Treaty would prohibit states from authorising international transfers of arms or munitions if there was a substantial risk that they would be used to commit serious violations of international human rights law.
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Armed police officers set fire
to a settlement during a foced
eviction, August 2004 (c)
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Police officers attack a
demonstrator, during the
repression of a demonstration in
which at least ...
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Child's drawing found on the
streets following unlawful
killings by security forces and
the ...
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States with jurisdiction over any part of an international transfer of conventional arms should examine each transfer on a case-by-case basis according to objective and fair principles.
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Global Principle 1: The Treaty must reflect States’ responsibilities
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2n Antonov 12 cargo aircraft takes off from a remote airstrip in central Africa
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An Antonov 12 cargo aircraft
takes off from a remote airstrip
in Central Africa. This kind of
cargo ...
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A customs officer inspects a
seized shipping container
containing an unauthorized
shipment of over ...
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