The U.N. made history on Tuesday April 2,2013 when it passed an unprecedented arms
trade treaty (ATT) to better regulate the international sale in weapons with
- 154 members voting ‘Yes’
- 3 members— Iran, Syria and North Korea — voting no and
- 23 members, including India, abstaining
Under the ATT, ratifying nations are expected to accept fixed
international standards for conventional weapons sales, linked to the
protection of human rights. The adopted treaty text covers weapons such
as tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large-calibre artillery systems,
combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile
launchers, and small and light arms
However it does not explicitly cover predator drones and grenades.
Speaking after the vote, Sujata Mehta, India’s Permanent Representative
to the Geneva Conference of Disarmament during the UNGA session, said
“At this stage we are not in a position to endorse the text contained as
annexure to document. Therefore, India has abstained on the
resolution”.
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