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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

United Nations(UN) Passes Arms Trade Treaty(ATT) -Tuesday April 2,2013

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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