Today, governments at the United Nations adopted by a wide margin an Arms Trade Treaty that will prohibit states from transferring conventional weapons to countries when they know those weapons will be used to commit or facilitate genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes. In the UN General Assembly 155 states voted to adopt […]
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UN Watch: Iran elected to UN Arms Trade Treaty post
Human rights group urge Ban Ki-moon to condemn “scandalous” election Iran was elected to a top post on the UN Arms Trade Treaty conference, revealed UN Watch today in an exclusive report.
U.N. publishes report on Iran arms trade with Syria
A U.N. Security Council committee has published a report on Iranian sanctions violations, including shipments of weapons to Syria in breach of a U.N. ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic.
The ‘Big Six’ arms exporters
Amnesty International : We’re calling on governments – especially the ‘Big Six’ arms exporters – to reject the ‘body bag’ approach where they just resort to imposing a UN arms embargo after the human rights catastrophe has already engulfed a population.