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Arms Trade Treaty: The work of the United Nations in disarment

How to cite this journal: Author, Date of the post, WMO Conflict Insight, Title of the post, ISSN: 2628 6998, https://worldmediation.org/journal/ ABSTRACT * This article examines the Arms Trade Treaty and the United Nations bodies responsible for supporting its implementation. After outlining the work of the Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, the author describes the treaty’s origins, provisions and scope, including the obligations on export assessment, record keeping and reporting, and presents the Centre’s assistance to Timor Leste

as a practical example. The article then considers the treaty’s limited effect on the overall volume of arms…

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Withdraw from Contract / Vertrag widerrufen