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" decision.
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 Cluster Munitions".
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 increased human rights violations.
Campaigners from more than 40 countries around the world, including Amnesty International, are hosting a Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs on Saturday 19 April 2008. This will take place a month before world governments meet at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference On Cluster Munitions from 19 – 30 May 2008 to negotiate and adopt the first ever legally binding treaty to prohibit cluster munitions.
