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According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the international framework on firearms is composed of three main instruments: the Firearms Protocol, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Programme of Action, or PoA) and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify ...
The United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects was held in New York City from 9–20 July 2001 as decided in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 54/54 V. Preceded by three preparatory committee sessions, the two-week Conference resulted in the adoption of the 'Programme of Action to ...
The Arms Trade Treaty obligates member states to monitor arms exports and ensure that weapons don't cross existing arms embargoes or end up being used for human-rights abuses, including terrorism. Member states, with the assistance of the U.N., will put into place enforceable, standardized arms import and export regulations (much like those ...
IANSA, part of the Control Arms Campaign, promotes an international treaty regulating the conventional arms trade called the Arms Trade Treaty. [11] A resolution to begin work on this Arms Trade Treaty was approved by the UN General Assembly in 2006 [12] and the completed treaty was put into force on 24 December 2014.
The instrument of ratification, accession, or succession is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. As of September 2023, 127 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, the most recent being Singapore on September 21, 2023. [1] Four states have signed but not ratified the treaty.
The Arms Trade Treaty was adopted by the General Assembly on 2 April 2013 by a 154–3 vote, with 23 abstentions. It was opened for formal signature by all states in New York on 3 June 2013, and entered into force on 24 December 2014, 90 days after the date of the 50th ratification.
Every six months member countries exchange information on deliveries of conventional arms to non-Wassenaar members that fall under eight broad weapons categories: battle tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, large-calibre artillery, military aircraft, military helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, and small arms and light weapons.
The Treaty Clause in Article Two of the United States Constitution dictates that the President of the United States negotiates treaties with other countries or political entities, and signs them. Signed treaties enter into force only if ratified by at least two-thirds (67 members) of the United States Senate .