The lack of international legislation to control the trade in arms is fuelling violence in many countries. Governments have come to acknowledge the need for an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), based on fundamental principles of international law. The ATT will reduce the human cost of arms proliferation, prevent unscrupulous weapons suppliers finding the weakest point in the supply chain, and ensure that all arms exporters are working to the same standards.

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The African Synod and the control of small arms

Small arms and light weapons fuel civil wars and other conflicts, causing harm to millions of people in Africa. The African Synod welcomes the Arms Trade Treaty at the UN and asks for binding universal standards for the global commerce on arms. The bishops propose that the production of all kinds of arms be drastically reduced.

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SOUTH AFRICA - Arms export controls in meltdown

A report by South Africa's Auditor-General has revealed a serious lack of controls over exports of its vast array of conventional weapons, which a non-governmental organisation monitoring the trade attributes to government's "couldn't be bothered" attitude. "The Auditor-General demonstrates that South Africa's arms control regime is in a state of advanced crisis, with the upshot that South African arms sales may be fuelling brutal dictators and rogue regimes"

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Swedish Churches call for clearer rules to govern arms trade at the EU

EU countries sell arms to countries suffering from severe poverty and thereby directly and seriously hamper sustainable development. The churches see an ethical problem there...

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