News on arms trade November 3, 2009
New Arms Trade Treatey Negotiations
Still important to mention: A 153 countries (including USA) agreed at UN to start Arms Trade Treaty negotiations next year. Thanks to Oxfam, Amnesty International, Control Arms and Conflict Voice!
What Arms Trade means to Sri Lanka
Col R Hariharan, a retired Military Intelligence specialist on South Asia, tells you how uncontrolled arms trafficking affects Sri Lanka’s people: Unregulated Arms Trade Dynamics of Arming Conflict.
BEA sold armoured Guinea
In his article David Leigh reports about Amnesty International latest uncovering: The South African subsidiary of BAE sold Mambas to Guinea. They are used against protesters. About 150 people have been killed. 150 reasons to go for a strong Arms Trade Treaty!
2. November, 2009 | By: admin | Arms Trade, Blog, News | Tags: amnesty international, arms control, Arms Trade, arms trade treaty, conflict voice, control arms, David Leigh, guinea, Mamba, negotiation, News, oxfam, sri lanka, UN
[...] protester turns out to be a spy for BAE As reported on November 3, BAE sold armored Mambas to Guinea. On October 27 The Guardian reports that the arms [...]