The U.S. Goal at the Conference of States Parties of the Arms Trade Treaty: Keep the Treaty on Its Downward Spiral.
Keep the Arms Trade Treaty on Its Downward Spiral
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Ted R. Bromund
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The incoming Administration and the Senate should make it clear that the U.S. will not become a party to the Arms Trade Treaty.
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After U.S. Signature, Dangers of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Begin to Surface
Particularly worrying is the way the ATT is rapidly becoming part of wider UN conventional arms control initiatives – which, since the ATT is not an arms control treaty, is unwelcome…
US Senate Decisively Rejects U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
In a bipartisan letter led by Senators Jerry Moran (R–KS) and Joe Manchin (D–WV), and half of the Senate has officially pledged to oppose the ratification of the ATT…
The Impending U.S. Signature of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
Secretary of State John Kerry welcomes it with open arms, noting that the U.S. look[ed] forward to signing it as soon as the process of conforming the official translations is completed…
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Proponents of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty assert that the treaty prevents signatories from supporting not only the Syrian opposition but future rebellions against other totalitarian regimes…
New Risks & Dangers Loom For USA As Arms Trade Treaty Opens For Signature
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As U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Opens for Signature, Opposition Rises on Hill
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Arms Trade Treaty in Review – Worst Of All Possible Outcomes
So now we have an undesirable treaty, one that will be expanded and elaborated on over time, and one that was adopted through a bad process. This is just about the worst of all possible worlds…
The Arms Trade Treaty: The Big Lie About July 2012
One of the unreported stories about the negotiation of the Arms Trade Treaty is the effort by many U.N. members & NGOs, to blame the failure of the first negotiating conference last July on the United States…
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Late on Thursday, the U.N. conference on the Arms Trade Treaty fell apart when Iran, North Korea, and Syria opposed the treaty…
The Arms Trade Treaty: Reactions to the Final Draft
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Arms Trade Treaty, Week Two: As the U.N. Talks, the Senate Acts
The temperature of the conference is notably lower now, and there is a renewed sense that Thursday is likely to bring agreement on a much sought after Arms Trade Treaty…
The Arms Trade Treaty, Week 2: The Treaty Is Getting Worse
Late on Friday, the president of the U.N. Conference negotiating the Arms Trade Treaty released his latest draft of the treaty…
Arms Trade Treaty, Days Four & Five: Tempers Rise & Doors Close ( Part 2)
By the time Friday came to a close, it seemed possible that the conference might collapse into the same acrimonious confusion that ended last July’s negotiations…
