Armed groups in the DRC have been able to get hold of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and other supplies; the subsequent fighting has forced
nearly 300,000 pe
Four countries have ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions - which
bans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs. The treaty cannot take eff
One hundred and forty-seven states voted overwhelmingly at the United
Nations on Friday to move forward with work on the main elements of an
Arms Trade Treaty.
Amnesty International has described as scandalous the Israeli army's
account of firing a tank shell that killed Reuters cameraman Fadel
Shana as a "sound"
110 states have agreed a provisional text for a historic new Convention on
Cluster Munitions, which is a treaty to ban the "Use, Production and
Transfer of Clus
All shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from
China by the Zimbabwe Government must be halted as there is a real risk
that it may lead to in
