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UN Overwhelmingly Approves Global Arms Trade Treaty

UN Overwhelmingly Approves Global Arms Trade Treaty

by | Apr 3, 2013 | World

United Nations, Reuters—The 193-nation UN General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers....