And update from the Control Arms website brings news of an important victory in the fight for an international Arms Trade Treaty. This treaty aims to ensure tougher arms controls - the UN treaty aims "to control the unregulated international arms trade, which fuels conflict, poverty and serious human rights abuses around the world".
On Friday 31st October, the UN voted overwhelmingly to move forward with work on the Arms Trade Treaty.
Only two countries voted against it - the US and Zimbabwe. It's amazing to think that America and Zimbabwe should choose to become isolated together on this issue. Let's hope that the new President of the USA and the infant, and fragile, power-sharing government in Zimbabwe together take the opportunity for their new governments to do something right for themselves and the rest of the world, and reconsider their votes.
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