UPDATE 1-Nations close to deal on UN arms trade treaty -envoys
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 ...
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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 ...
Iran, North Korea, Syria cause trouble for U.N. arms 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 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 ...
Chair suspends meeting after Iran, NKorea say they will block adoption of UN ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Iran, NKorea, Syria block UN arms trade treaty
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 ...
Nations close to deal on U.N. arms trade treaty: envoys
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 ...
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UPDATE 1-Iran, North Korea, Syria cause trouble for UN arms treaty
(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 ...
Iran, NKorea, Syria block arms trade treaty
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." ...
Iran, NKorea try to block arms trade treaty
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 ...
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Iran, NKorea block arms trade treaty
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 ...
Iran, NKorea block arms trade 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 ...
Optimism in UN over 1st global arms trade treaty
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 ...
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UN Arms Trade Pact Stalls as Iran, N. Korea, Syria Object
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 ...
