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Call for human rights in Arms Trade Treaty September 21, 2006 4:11 PM

Call for human rights in Arms Trade TreatyCall for human rights in Arms Trade TreatyThe UK has proposed a draft resolution ahead of the crucial UN General Assembly meeting. Whilst welcome, it fails to include vital measures on human rights. > Urge the government to actTake action to make trade deals fairTake action to make trade deals fair Send your letter to Alistair Darling - our government’s representative for trade – demanding he use his power at the European Union (EU) to make its trade deals fair for poor people. > Write to Alistair Darling Help set a new Guiness World Record!Help set a Guinness World Record!Join people across the globe as they stand up against poverty and demand trade justice, debt cancellation and more and better aid from world leaders on 15 October. > Find out how you can take part  [ send green star]
 
 September 21, 2006 4:16 PM

http://www.controlarms.org/teleshop/   This is rather compelling.  [ send green star]
 
 September 21, 2006 4:32 PM

http://www.maketradefair.com/en/index.php?file=videos.htm

Videos a must to watch

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 September 21, 2006 4:56 PM


Cause of the debt crisis in poor coountries

http://amlat.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americaspolicy.org%2Freports%2F2004%2F0411priv.html

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 September 21, 2006 5:01 PM

U.S. Trade Sanctions Seek to Pressure Latin America

Seems they want to create more poverty.

http://americas.irc-online.org/am/3456

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 September 21, 2006 5:09 PM

http://www.canadians.org/display_document.htm?COC_token=23@@8ef4a3ded6d32a4e4172fab6a3a2458f&id=1440&isdoc=1&catid=104

More on trade From The Council of Canadians Org.

War and  Horrific Trade Agreements Cause poverty as everyone should have noticed by now both must end.

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Good work Elsie. September 21, 2006 11:17 PM

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Oxfam October 20, 2006 10:11 PM

Oxfam Press Release16 October 2006
Bullets from Greece, China, Russia and United States found in rebel hands in Democratic Republic of Congo
 
Bullets from Greece, China, Russia and USA found in rebel hands in DRC
Bullets manufactured in Greece, China, Russia and the USA have been found in the hands of rebel groups in the Ituri District of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is under a UN arms embargo. The research from the Control Arms Campaign underscores the urgent need for an Arms Trade Treaty to stem the flood of arms into conflict zones and is released today, a week before an expected vote at the United Nations on a resolution to start work on the Treaty.  [ send green star]
 
Dear Amnesty Supporter, October 30, 2006 10:16 AM

After three years of campaigning, the Control Arms campaign achieved a massive victory on Thursday, October 26, when 139 governments voted in the favor of a UN resolution to start work towards an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). While 24 governments abstained, the United States was the only government to vote against the resolution. This was a curious outcome, as well as a disappointing one, given that the United States’ own laws and regulations are generally seen to set the standards of best practice at the national level.   

Going into the vote, 116 governments co-sponsored the resolution; a huge number for such a bold initiative. 15 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates supported the call for an Arms Trade Treaty this week in a statement issued by the Arias Foundation and the Control Arms Campaign.  

Specifically, the resolution calls upon the UN Secretary General to first collect the views of member states on the feasibility and draft parameters for “a comprehensive, legally-binding instrument establishing common standards for the import, export, and transfer of conventional arms” - an ATT - and second to establish a group of governmental experts to examine the issue in detail and report back to the UN General Assembly.

This resolution still needs to be formally adopted at the UN General Assembly in the month's time where more votes in favor of the resolution are envisaged. There is a long way to go until the treaty comes into effect, but this is a hugely important first step. 

We would not have reached this point without the support of the more than 1 million people who have joined the Million Faces, and the thousands of dedicated and creative campaigners who have worked so hard up to now on the campaign. We’re counting on you as we continue our efforts to persuade the US to alter its position.

Sincerely,
Control Arms Campaign
Amnesty International USA 

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 February 22, 2007 3:46 PM

Believe me, it will not do, God says love thy neighbor, meaning unconditionally, with this wall of arms, how can goodness prevail, and it comes, and may come back to haunt the maker, the supplier and the runner 10 folds, sooner or later, the payback would be in the form of misery. Thanks.

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Stop ThSale Of McDonnell Detweiler April 06, 2008 1:48 PM

Hello

  McDonnell Detweiler may be sold to Alliant Techsystems of Minneapolis  ATK.  ATK is the largest manufacturer of LANDMINES and CLUSTER BOMBS in the U.S.A. The techology of McDonnell Detweiler can be used to WEARONIZE SPACE. If the sale does not go through Canada will not use this technology to weaponize space.  Under Canadian Law  Bill C-25  this sale is illegal. This sale would be a breach of the Ottawa Convention on LANDMINES.

   Chum

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