Iran, North Korea, Syria block U.N. arms trade treaty
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 weapons sales to rebel groups. To get around the blockade, a number governments called on Peter Woolcott of Australia, the president of the on the Arms Trade Treaty, to submit the draft treaty to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and request a swift ...
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