Today is D-Day for the Arms Trade Treaty!
Today is D-Day for the Arms Trade Treaty!
After three years of campaigning, and one month of active lobbying by Control arms at the UN's First Committee meeting in New York, the voting day has finally come.
Later today, States delegates attending the first committee will vote YES or NO, on a UN resolution to begin negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty.
The result of intense lobbying is that over 110, countries have co-sponored the resolution on the Arms Trade Treaty and many others have pledged to support it with YES vote.
We need this to make an impact in the illegal arms that have found their way to all the war areas.
Maybe just maybe we can finally see some needless wars come to an end.