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Praise for US, Jubilation, Caution as UN Agrees Global Gun Trade Treaty
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations, which is pursuing a proposal for "a world without nuclear weapons", will soon turn its attention to another new goal in the field of disarmament: creating a legally-binding treaty on conventional arms. The proposed new treaty, which is expected to be ready for a U.N. Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in 2012, will regulate the global trade in conventional... [Asian Tribune / Inter Press Service News Agency, via gunpolicy.org ]
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"The proposed new treaty, which is expected to be ready for a U.N. Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in 2012, will regulate the global trade in conventional arms, including fighter planes, combat helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, warships, missiles, battle tanks and armoured personnel carriers."
The big boys want to make everyone sign a treaty about who they can arm. China, Russia, and some others (mostly Middle Eastern and South American) are withholding their support.
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