The Arms Trade Treaty Opens New Possibilities at the UN

On 2 April, 2013, the Arms Trade Treaty, which had been blocked for ten years in the consensus-bound Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, was put directly before the United Nations General Assembly, and was passed by a massive majority. This historic victory opens new possibilities for progress on o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Scales Avery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Risk Institute, Trieste- Geneva 2013-05-01
Series:Cadmus
Online Access:http://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/issue-6/arms-trade-treaty-opens-new-possibilities-un