Abstract

Following the discussions which took place on November 10, 2009 within the General Affairs Committee of the Walloon Parliament on the issue of arms sales to Libya, GRIP sent a letter to the members of the Walloon Parliament. The purpose of this letter was to correct some statements made by representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions of Metalworkers FGTB (WSF / FGTB) Provinces of Liege-Luxembourg, in their letter sent on November 4, 2009 to the Walloon Parliament and to clarify some important concepts on small arms transfers. This Analysis reproduces the entire text of GRIP’s letter sent on December 4, 2009 to the members of the Walloon Parliament.

Key words : Libya, FN Herstal, arms transfers, small arms and light weapons.