In two months the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) — the first global treaty to establish legally binding standards regulating the international trade in conventional arms — will become international law. Governments are now preparing to implement it by ensurin …
The first global and legally binding treaty to regulate the cross-border trade in conventional weapons reached a major milestone today as 8 governments ratified the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), activating the countdown to its entry into force. Argentina, B …
The first step towards the effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) took place this week in Mexico City. Forty five countries around the world have already ratified the ATT, which requires governments to address the illegal and irrespons …
The international trade in conventional weapons is a multi-billion dollar industry that is subject to a patchwork of national controls and regional agreements. The uncontrolled flow of weapons across borders not only contributes to hundreds of thousand …
The Arms Trade Treaty was adopted and opened for signature on April 2, 2013. Since then, States, international, regional, and civil society organizations have worked to prepare for the Treaty’s entry into force. This event will highlight the next steps …
June 3 marks the one year anniversary of the opening for signature of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations. In the “Race to 50,” forty countries have ratified the ATT and 118 have signed it. With many European ratifications expected this f …
The United States signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on Sept. 25 at the United Nations in N.Y. The treaty opened for signature on June 3 and now has 114 signatories. The ATT breaks new ground by establishing common international standards that must be …
Published November 8, 2013 / Held November 7, 2013
The United States signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on Sept. 25 at the United Nations in N.Y. The treaty opened for signature on June 3 and now has 114 signatories. The ATT breaks new ground by establishing common international standards that must be …
By Rachel Stohl and Daryl G. Kimball – Amid the headline-grabbing events at the United Nations this week – President Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly, the Security Council’s vote on Syria, and the first visit of Iran’s new Presi …
On Wednesday Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Arms Trade Treaty, an international agreement to control cross-border trade in a wide range of conventional weapons. We speak with Rachel Stohl, a senior associate at the Stimson Center and a former …
Amid the headline-grabbing events at the United Nations this week – President Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly, the Security Council’s vote on Syria, and the first visit of Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani – another significant event took p …
With the stroke of a pen, the world’s largest arms exporter signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations this week amid widespread international praise. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the United States ac …
As world leaders met at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Arms Trade Treaty, calling it a “significant step” toward global security. Passed by the UN last April, the treaty is designed to track …
Finding consensus on how to limit the global trade in conventional weapons has long eluded the nations of the world. After World War I, arms reduction was incorporated into the League of Nations charter, but like the league itself, the goal of limiting …
Instead of taking the opportunity to sign the United Nations Small Arms Treaty on Tuesday, the White House has indicated that Barack Obama will sign it sometime before the end of August. This causes some concern as to what type of event the White House …
Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement today saying that the Obama administration will sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty despite protest by Congress. And there’s still no official word yet from the president himself speaking directly on …
Last April, after six years of negotiations and more than 10 years of campaigning by civil society, the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) passed to “resounding applause and loud cheers” in the United Nations General Assembly Hall. Two months later, …
President Obama is hesitant to sign an international arms trade treaty opposed by the National Rifle Association, according to advocates for the pact. Meetings with administration officials have them worried the White House doesn’t want to expend any m …
Amid a rash of negative press and continued controversies, the Obama administration has an opportunity next week to celebrate an important foreign policy victory. On June 3, representatives of governments from around the world will come together to sig …
Advocacy groups here are stepping up a campaign to pressure President Barack Obama to quickly sign on to a new United Nations treaty aimed at regulating, for the first time, the international small-arms trade. The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), adopted by th …
On April 19, Rachel Stohl was interviewed by The Street on the economic impact of the Arms Trade Treaty. “Although the NRA would like to conflate the ATT with the domestic gun issue these two issues are entirely separate, and there is really no overlap …
Rachel Stohl was quoted in Foreign Policy, dispelling myths about the Arms Trade Treaty. Click here to read the piece. (To view this article readers need to sign up for free registration on the website.)
In today’s New York Times, in an op-ed titled, “Tell the Truth About the Arms Treaty,” Rachel lays out the case for the U.S. to sign and ratifify the ATT — an international treaty that aims to keep arms out of the hands of warlords and terrorists …
Rachel Stohl was interviewed by John Hockenberry on the Takeaway Program on the importance of the overwhelming approval of the Arms Trade Treaty. Click here to listen.
Rachel Stohl, a senior associate at the Stimson Center who has served as a consultant for six years to the United Nations on the Arms Trade Treaty that was approved today by the U.N. General Assembly, issued the following statement welcoming passage of …
This week in New York diplomats will meet to try to finally agree on some rules to govern the international arms trade. The much anticipated result would be a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT would develop the highest possible common in …
By Rachel Stohl – Two weeks ago, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton warned Russia about sales of attack helicopters to Syria, saying that the shipment of new weapons “will escalate the conflict quite dramatically.” While it seems obvious that sales o …
By Rachel Stohl: The landscape for the global conventional arms trade changed dramatically a year ago when the UN General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on April 2, 2013, by a vote of 154-3-23. In less than a year since the ATT open …