Articles by Coralie Tripier
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Small Arms Trade Bigger Than Ever, Report Says
Coralie Tripier – Inter Press Service-IPS,
3 Sep 2012
The goal of curbing small arms proliferation appears more elusive than ever, according to a report released this morning [28 Aug 2012] by the independent research project Small Arms Survey. Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), which range from handguns to landmines or hand grenades, cause many deaths and injuries across the world. The United Nations (U.N.) has been trying to reduce SALW trade for years.
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Coralie Tripier – Inter Press Service-IPS,
6 Aug 2012
While 153 states have consistently voted in favour of what could have been a first-of-its-kind regulation on conventional weapons, Washington, Moscow and Beijing declared that they needed “more time”, thus postponing the finalisation of the treaty to next year. With 2,000 persons killed by arms every day, the delay came as a disappointment for many, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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