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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 ...
The SIPRI Mapping ATT-relevant Cooperation and Assistance Activities Database covers cooperation and assistance activities in regards to arms transfer and small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls since 2012. The database supports state's implementation of two treaties – the 2001 UN Programme of Action on SALW and the 2013 Arms Trade Treaty.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, [1] Arms Transfers Database contains information on all international transfers of major weapons (including sales, gifts and production under licence) to states, international organizations and armed non-state groups since 1950. It is the only publicly available resource providing ...
UN Secretary-General: not signed [3] 2007 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: UN Secretary-General: signed 2009, not ratified [8] 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) UN Secretary-General: not signed [3] 2011 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Government of Japan: signed, not ratified 2013 Arms Trade Treaty (ATT ...
The top 100 global arms producers increased weapons and military-related sales by 4.3 percent last year, according to new research, as nations react to a more volatile and dangerous geopolitical ...
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.
UN Number Class Proper Shipping Name UN 0001? (UN No. no longer in use) Alarm devices, explosive (UN No. no longer in use) [1] UN 0002 to UN 0003? (UN No.s no longer in use) UN 0004: 1.1D: Ammonium picrate, dry or wetted with less than 10 percent water, by mass UN 0005: 1.1F: Cartridges for weapons, with bursting charge UN 0006: 1.1E
Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. In its landmark resolution 1653 of 1961, "Declaration on the prohibition of the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons", the UN General Assembly stated that the use of nuclear weaponry "would exceed even the scope of war and cause indiscriminate suffering and destruction to mankind and civilization and, as such ...