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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepts petition, declarations handover from Control Arms coalition
After months of diligent campaigning, members of the Control Arms Coalition met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a handover ceremony on Tuesday, July 3rd. Salil Shetty (Amnesty International), Ross Robertson, MP (New Zealand), Bishop Elias Taban,...
ATT negotiations moved behind closed doors
Anna MacDonald Oxfam’s Head of Control Arms Campaign: “The arms trade is often a shadowy business with arms deals being conducted in isolation, behind closed doors. The Arms Trade Treaty is attempting to shed some light over this trade and ensure that we have...
Reaction to the Delay in Arms Trade Treaty Talks
Jeff Abramson, Director of the Secretariat of the Control Arms coalition said: “While demands of the Palestinian people for state recognition is an important and legitimate issue, this is the wrong forum to be addressing it. “The world has waited too long for the...
Historic arms trade negotiations a chance to prevent future Syrian-style slaughter
Time to end ‘body bag’ approach to arms control and support a robust Arms Trade Treaty New York – Political leaders have a historic opportunity to place human rights and humanitarian aims above self-interest and profit when final negotiations to regulate the global...
Stars write to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on “Matter of Life and Death”
International artists including Kristin Davis, Keira Knightley, Yoko Ono, Scarlett Johansson, Coldplay, Tim Roth, Annie Lennox and Kevin Spacey have joined forces to demand governments take immediate action to help improve regulation of the international arms trade....
We can win a strong Arms Trade Treaty
On the morning of July 1st, Julius Arile gave Control Arms its first victory. While running in the Queens 10k race amongst 13,000 competitors, the cattle raider turned Arms trade Treaty activist won in impressive fashion. He crossed the finish line more than 3 minutes...
DAILY FEATURE: From cattle raider to peace campaigner
For the past 98 days the Control Arms campaign has run this series of Daily Features to showcase actions and support by campaigners, advocates, survivors, government leaders, religious figures, and ordinary people seeking to save lives and livelihoods through the...
DAILY FEATURE: Hundreds of Thousands Answer the Call for Action on the ATT
Congratulations to all Control Arms members! The Global Day of Action for an Arms Trade Treaty was a great success! From tanks in London to petition handovers in Oslo; media in Ghana and Algiers and bananas in New York and Spain, we did a fantastic job in letting the...
DAILY FEATURE: Hundreds of Thousands Answer the Call for Action on the ATT
Today, campaigners around the world will be holding events, meeting with government representatives, and speaking out during the Control Arms Global Day of Action. Over 430, 000 people have already pledged their support for a strong Arms Trade Treaty that saves lives...
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
