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Towards an Arms Trade Treaty: continuing momentum at the UN

par Holger Anders et Virginie Moreau, chargés de recherche au GRIP

Le 12 décembre 2008
Synthèse :

In October 2008, states voted overwhelmingly to continue work towards an Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations. The UN General Assembly mandated the establishment of an Open-Ended Working Group to further consider the feasibility of a comprehensive, legally binding instrument on the import, export, and transfer of conventional arms. There is still no consensus amongst states on a start of negotiations of such an instrument. Nevertheless, the working group can make an important contribution to further building the foundations for a future development of a global treaty to better control the conventional arms trade.
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