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In Brief: The Arms Trade Treaty: Recent Developments

Categories: Arms Control,Great Britain,Guns,Treaties,United Nations

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN05802

Describes recent events related to the United Nations-based negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty, a process that began in 1997 by a group of Nobel Peace laureates in an effort to regulate the global arms trade.  From the House of Commons Library