From Defense Aerospace

 

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Talks Stymied At UN Arms Treaty Conference

(Source: Deutsche Welle German radio; posted July 18, 2012)

 

Progress has been disappointing at the month-long United Nations conference to find international arms deal standards - major arms-exporting countries are still holding out against stricter regulations.

 

CV32: Glad to hear it.

Got to disagree - the proliferation of small arms fuels many a smaller conflict. Guns may not kill people by themselves, but they certainly make it a lot easier.

I was away when the ATT effort concluded in failure. I'm not a big fan of the UN's many grandiose (but fundamentally flawed) ideas to start with, and I'm not sorry this one died on the vine.