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U.N. fail on arms treaty
30/07/2012
The U.N. failed to meet the deadline for an agreement on a treaty targeting the regulation of the $60 billion global arms trade business after the U.S. announced it needed more time, with Russia
and China deciding to do the same.
The treaty aimed to close several loopholes in the original text and to restrict the sale of conventional weapons to countries with a "substantial risk of a serious violation" of human rights. If approved, it would ban the states that ratify the treaty from transferring conventional weapons if they are likely violate arms embargos or assist in war crimes. The document, however, needs to be approved unanimously by all of U.N.’s 193 members to come into effect.
The Obama administration came under pressure to delay the agreement after receiving a letter signed by 51 senators, who threatened to oppose the treaty as it may infringe the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms. The treaty ratification requires 67 out of 100 Senate votes.
Another line of attack in the U.S. suggested the treaty could make it impossible to sell arms to allies such as Israel and Taiwan.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressed disappointment with the outcome, calling it "a setback." Following the failed negotiations, more than 90 states issued a joint statement saying they are “determined to secure an Arms Trade Treaty as soon as possible." The conference chairman, Argentinean Ambassador Roberto Garcia Moritán, said that he was confident about achieving a treaty later this year.
The treaty aimed to close several loopholes in the original text and to restrict the sale of conventional weapons to countries with a "substantial risk of a serious violation" of human rights. If approved, it would ban the states that ratify the treaty from transferring conventional weapons if they are likely violate arms embargos or assist in war crimes. The document, however, needs to be approved unanimously by all of U.N.’s 193 members to come into effect.
The Obama administration came under pressure to delay the agreement after receiving a letter signed by 51 senators, who threatened to oppose the treaty as it may infringe the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms. The treaty ratification requires 67 out of 100 Senate votes.
Another line of attack in the U.S. suggested the treaty could make it impossible to sell arms to allies such as Israel and Taiwan.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressed disappointment with the outcome, calling it "a setback." Following the failed negotiations, more than 90 states issued a joint statement saying they are “determined to secure an Arms Trade Treaty as soon as possible." The conference chairman, Argentinean Ambassador Roberto Garcia Moritán, said that he was confident about achieving a treaty later this year.
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