Chair suspends UN meeting after Iran, North Korea object to arms trade treaty
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 multimillion-dollar international arms trade. To be approved, the draft treaty needed support from all 193 U.N. member states. Australian Ambassador Peter Woolcott, the meeting chair, called the suspension after Iran and North Korea raised their nameplates ...
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