Father of shot toddler launches campaign against arms trade.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 13, 2008 ;     130 words ...THE father of a toddler shot dead in Turkey on a holiday will today launch...of action backing tighter controls on the arms trade. David Grimason's son Alistair, two, was...Ezra is a reminder of the human cost of the arms trade.'

Morning View: Taking the high moral ground on the arms trade.(Comment)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  January 8, 2004 ;     311 words ......its back on companies engaged in the arms trade is an extraordinary one, and is bound...religions everywhere have condemned the arms trade almost ritualistically for decades, with...related companies. Governments defend the arms trade on the obvious grounds of profit and...

The Arms Trade Boomerang - A Message That Unifies a Movement

Peacework;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......coordinated the "Stop the Boomerang! Arms Trade Code of Conduct Citizen Education Campaign" that promoted the message of the arms trade boomerang throughout the country. "But...passage of the "no arms for dictators" Arms Trade Code of Conduct through the House of...

Campaign victory for arms trade protesters.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 28, 2006 ;     297 words ......taken the first step towards a global arms trade treaty to prevent international arms...Heard to make a stand against the global arms trade. Cable said yesterday, 'Local campaigners...to end the scandal of the unregulated arms trade is a victory for ordinary campaigners...

China arms trade in accordance with laws, int'l obligations: FM...

Xinhua News Agency;  April 24, 2008 ;     348 words ...China arms trade in accordance with laws, int'l obligations: FM...takes a responsible and prudent attitude towards arms trade with strict control on weapons export, and conducts arms trade abiding by laws, regulations and international...

What'sOn: Satirist looks at arms trade Books

Birmingham Mail;  July 21, 2006 ;     211 words ......expose the way in which the international arms trade works. He continues his investigation...which he was about to infiltrate the arms trade and the hideous nature of the weapons...he was not shocked. "I have worked on arms trade issues for a while so I was not shocked...

VOA NEWS: PRELIMINARY DEBATE ON U.N. ARMS TRADE TREATY RESOLUTION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 12, 2006 ;     322 words ......resolution to initiate work on a global arms trade treaty. Nearly 80 governments have co-sponsor...a GGE, to be set up to explore how an arms trade treaty would work and what it should...step in the road towards securing an arms trade treaty, which will make the world safer...

Students protest against arms trade ; There were bodies everywhere when...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  October 17, 2008 ;     110 words ......University students protested against the arms trade. Students gave out information on the Arms Trade Treaty at Devonshire House off Stocker...We also had a stall setting up a faux arms trade company. This week is such an important...

OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS VOTE TO START WORK ON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 26, 2006 ;     427 words ......took the first step towards a global Arms Trade Treaty to prevent international arms...have voted on the proposal to develop an Arms Trade Treaty, and support was overwhelming...Prize Laureates supported the call for an Arms Trade Treaty this week in a statement issued...

2nd LD: China refutes Amnesty International's slams on arms trade

Xinhua News Agency;  June 12, 2006 ;     555 words ......refutes Amnesty International's slams on arms trade BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- China has...Amnesty International's slams on China's arms trade as irresponsible and groundless. The...China adheres to three principles in arms trade: it should help enhance the self-defense...

1st LD: China refutes Amnesty International's slams on arms trade

Xinhua News Agency;  June 12, 2006 ;     384 words ......refutes Amnesty International's slams on arms trade BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- China has...Amnesty International's slams on China's arms trade as irresponsible and groundless. The...China adheres to three principles in arms trade: it should help enhance the self-defense...

UK PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE TREATY

The Hindustan Times;  June 21, 2006 ;     431 words ......support to calls for an international arms trade treaty, and to receive a petition yesterday...impressive petition in support of an Arms Trade Treaty. Millions, especially in the world...The humanitarian and moral case for an arms trade treaty is unassailable. But our challenge...

Campaigners calling for controls on arms trade

The Northern Echo;  March 17, 2006 ;     193 words ......North Yorkshire are calling for tougher arms trade controls. Staff from the Oxfam shop in...joined the campaign for an international arms trade treaty. Campaigners Betty Clayton and...take a lead at the UN in pushing for an arms trade treaty. "I am sure many people are not...

Protest targets university's arms trade shares

Evening News - Scotland;  November 14, 2006 ;     159 words ......top universities for owning shares in the arms trade. Researchers at the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) asked all of the UK's universities...The UK's universities own shares in the arms trade worth over GBP 15 million, according to...

Protesters pressure for arms trade treaty ; Protesters gathered in Bristol...

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  September 20, 2008 ;     186 words ......Bristol to petition the Government for arms trade control yesterday. Campaigners wore t-shir...for the formulation of an international arms trade treaty to move forward - 153 governments...and to persuade those opposed to an Arms Trade Treaty that it must go forward," he said...