Iran, North Korea votes kill UN’s 1st global arms trade treaty
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- published: 07 Mar 2013
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Chicago Sun-Times
2013-03-28:
Updated: March 28, 2013 3:32PM UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran and North Korea
have blocked adoption of a global treaty that would regulate the
multimillion-dollar international arms trade. To be approved, the draft
treaty needed support from all 193 U.N. member states. Supporters of the treaty said that if the treaty was not adopted they would go to the General Assembly and put the draft to a vote where they expect overwhelming approval. Prior to the vote, there was optimism. “Signals are that the treaty stands a good chance of being adopted today,” said Anna Macdonald, head of arms control at Oxfam, one of about 100...
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