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Control Arms Reaction to the New Text on the Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty
Anna Macdonald, Oxfam’s Head of Arms Control, said: “We see some improvements have been made since the last draft was issued but there are still some important problems with the new text. “The scope of what would be covered in the treaty is still too narrow. We need a...
24 hours to go in Arms Trade Treaty negotiations!
On the penultimate day of the ATT negotiations, we got the media’s attention early morning with a helicopter assembled on a New York rooftop, with the UN in the background. Monday started with a press conference, where it was made clear to the world that the text on...
An Arms Trade Treaty for Them
As negotiations continue at the United Nations on the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty, take a step back and look at the faces of the people this treaty is for. The slidehow above features 5 people with 5 inspiring testimonies on the need to stop armed violence and...
Choir urges diplomats to take “a little more action” on ATT
Diplomats entering the United Nations headquarters were met with quite a surprise today as they passed through security to continue negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty. Standing outside the entrance was the Sheryl Renee Gospel Choir whose soulful voices could be...
Control Arms Coalition calls on Chair not to cave in pressure as new text falls short
Control Arms today says radical changes must be made to the latest draft of the Arms Trade Treaty if it is to save lives. We believe it falls short of what the majority of member states demanded, and looks like a deal cooked up largely by the major exporters. Oxfam’s...
Press Conference on ATT draft text
Remarks from the Control Arms coalition on the Draft Text of the Arms Trade Treaty released Friday, March 22
Preventing Gender-Based Violence Through The Arms Trade Treaty
Today, 91 countries spoke out on the importance of strengthening the criterion on gender-based violence in the Arms Trade Treaty in order to ensure that it is legally-binding and not subject to voluntary risk mitigation measures. Ahead of the release of the second...
Control Arms Reaction: Second Arms Trade Treaty Draft Text
In response to the release of the revised text last night (FRI), Anna Macdonald, Oxfam’s Head of Arms Control, said: “We are extremely disappointed and don’t believe this is the best that diplomats can come up with after years of negotiations. The President of the...
UN Secretary General Meets Campaigners and Diplomats at Evening Reception
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon met international armed violence survivors and Control Arms ‘Millionth Face’ and Kenyan marathon runner Julius Arile here at the UN last night. Ban was amongst hundreds of delegates, UN figures and NGOs at the Australian government’s...
Seventh Conference of States Parties (CSP202q)
CITY, COUNTRY - 00 - 00 Month 2021
Sierra Leone is presiding over the Seventh Conference of States Parties (CSP 2021) of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Background
Provisional Agenda LINKS
Provisional Annotated Program of Work LINKS
Final Report LINK
President's Announcement for CSP7 LINK
Press Release
Statements on behalf of the Control Arms Coalition
Media
