U.N. diplomats predict arms treaty will be adopted * U.S. expected to vote for the treaty, envoys say * Rights groups say new draft treaty better but flawed (Adds diplomats, rights group) UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (Reuters) - United Nations members on Wednesday were close to a deal on the first ...
The United Nations logo is displayed on a door at U.N. headquarters in New York February 26, 2011. REUTERS/ Joshua Lott/ on Friday prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban ...
The United Nations logo is displayed on a door at U.N. headquarters in New York February 26, 2011. REUTERS/ Joshua Lott/ on Friday objected to the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it fails to ban weapons sales ...
UNITED NATIONS — Iran and North Korea tried to block adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Thursday but the chair suspended the meeting in an apparent effort to try and get them to back down. To be approved, the draft treaty needs support ...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland./ The chair has suspended a U.N. meeting after Iran and North Korea said they would block adoption of a treaty that would regulate the ...
treaty that for the first time would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade. An agreement required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states. But other countries refused to let the treaty die. In an unexpected twist, Mexico proposed that the conference go ahead and adopt the ...
Paramilitary soldiers hold guns with water bottles hanging from their ends during aiming training in Zhengzhou, Henan province July 11, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily/ members on Wednesday were close to a deal on the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global advocates say one ...
(Adds details, Iranian quote, North Korea not blocking) (Reuters) - Iran, Syria and North Korea on Friday objected to the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it fails to ban weapons sales to rebel groups. Peter ...
treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar which required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states. In an unexpected twist, Mexico proposed that the conference go ahead and adopt the treaty Thursday without the support of the three countries, saying there was no definition of "consensus." ...
treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar Thursday but the chair suspended the meeting in an apparent effort to try and get them to back down. raised their nameplates signifying their refusal to join consensus following speeches outlining their objections to the treaty. Supporters of ...
UNITED NATIONS — 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 ...
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 ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first global treaty on regulating the multimillion-dollar appeared to be nearing consensus, supporters said, though worries remained that Iran, or other countries would back off an agreement that requires approval from all 193 diplomats, speaking on condition of ...
Jackson and Peter S. Green on March 28, 2013/ (enter up to 5 email addresses, separated by commas)/ An international treaty regulating the $70 billion global arms trade was sidetracked after failing to get the unanimous support needed for adoption among more than 150 countries taking part in ...
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff took part at the first round of talks with Iran in Switzerland/ US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are in Doha to discuss the US-Iran negotiations with mediators, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman says, ...
The US and Iran have agreed to "stand down" following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports say citing a US official. It comes after several attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz, culminating in both nations accusing each other of violating their ceasefire. The ...
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Israel says its forces are preparing for an "extended stay" in southern Lebanon/ Israeli air strikes in Lebanon have killed one person, the country's health ministry said, a day after the two countries signed a deal aimed at paving the way to a lasting peace. Lebanon's state news agency said an ...
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middle school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student was indicted Wednesday on new charges, including manufacturing child sexual abuse material, prosecutors said. Ashley Fisler, 36, of Washington Township, now faces a 12-count indictment that also includes of a minor and ...
Rafael Grossi said the IAEA was working on dates, procedures and places for the inspections/ The head of the global nuclear watchdog has said it will carry out inspections in Iran under the country's preliminary peace agreement with the US. "The inspections will indeed take place," International ...
There has been a lull in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah since Sunday/ Israeli soldiers have shot dead two people in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says, in the first fatal incident reported since the latest ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group ...