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  Arms Trade Treaty (ATT): Documents

2009

US joins efforts toward a global Arms Trade Treaty: UN resolution promises negotiations to begin in 2010
Kenneth Epps
Charting a path to the conference in 2012, with new leadership from the US.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Winter 2009

Civil society presses for a strong Arms Trade Treaty
The Ploughshares Monitor, Winter 2009

Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the Arms Trade Treaty resolution at the First Committee of the UN 64th General Assembly
Amnesty International, Project Ploughshares, Oxfam Canada, and Oxfam Québec
September 18, 2009

Charting the course for an arms trade treaty
Kenneth Epps
Progress in the negotiation of an international arms trade treaty to control the transfer across national borders of conventional weapons. (With sidebars on "The ATT and Canada" and "Project Ploughshares to manage UK funding to support international ATT work".)
The Ploughshares Monitor, Summer 2009

The Arms Trade Treaty: Countering Myths and Misperceptions
Amnesty International, Instituto Sou da Paz, Oxfam, Project Ploughshares, Saferworld, and
Albert Schweitzer Institute
July 2009

The Vital Components of an Arms Trade Treaty (English) (French)
Control Arms, July 200

Project Ploughshares to manage international civil society efforts in support
of an Arms Trade Treaty

April 27, 2009

2008

Arms Trade Treaty: Stumbling but then a step forward in 2008
Kenneth Epps
ATT negotiations at the UN in 2008.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Winter 2008

Canadian Policy on Small Arms Transfers and the Arms Trade Treaty
Kenneth Epps
Peacebuild: Small Arms Working Group/Project Ploughshares, May, 2008

2007

Canada and the Arms Trade Treaty
Ernie Regehr
Behind the Headlines, Volume 64, No. 6, November 2007

Further progress towards an Arms Trade Treaty
Ken Epps
Government and civil society support for an ATT grows.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Autumn 2007

Towards Global Standards: Regional Experience in Small Arms Transfer Controls
Edited Papers from an International Seminar, Waterloo, Canada
8 February 2007

Regional dimensions of small arms transfer standards
Ken Epps
Themes developed at an international seminar hosted by Project Ploughshares in February 2007.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Summer 2007

Canadian submission on the Arms Trade Treaty
A letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from Project Ploughshares and partners, May 16, 2007.

Landmark step towards an international arms trade treaty
Ken Epps
Progress at the UN General Assembly.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Spring 2007

2006

UN to start work on an international Arms Trade Treaty
October 27, 2006

Global arms industry exploiting loopholes in arms regulations — Canadian components may end up in Sudan. New Report by Control Arms Campaign, October 2, 2006

2005

Letter to Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
regarding the G8 and arms control
July 6, 2005
Rieky Stuart, Pierre Véronneau, Ernie Regehr, Alex Neve

Political support grows for a global Arms Trade Treaty
The Ploughshares Monitor, Spring 2005

Letter to the Prime Minister concerning Canada's military export control system March 24, 2005
Ernie Regehr, Director, Project Ploughshares

Letter to Peter Harder, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding the G8 and arms control March 15, 2005
Pierre Véronneau, Rieky Stuart, Ernie Regehr
For the August 11, 2005 response to this letter, click Here

2004

The Impact of Arms Transfers on Sustainable Development: A Review of the Literature
Kristiana Powell
This paper was written as a key contribution to a research project that resulted in the June 2004 report Guns or Growth?: Assessing the impact of arms sales on sustainable development.  The report was published by Control Arms, a joint campaign of Oxfam, Amnesty International and the International Network on Small Arms (IANSA), in association with project partners Saferworld and Project Ploughshares. (September, 2004)
Ploughshares Working Paper 04-3

Guns or Growth?: Assessing the impact of arms sales on sustainable development (Full report)
(English Summary, French Summary)

2003

New campaign to control international transfers of arms
Lynne Griffiths-Fulton
Over 500,000 people a year are killed by small arms – that is, one death every minute.
The Ploughshares Monitor, Winter 2003

 


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