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- Arming Genocide in Rwanda. Goose, Stephen D.; Smyth, Frank // Foreign Affairs;Sep/Oct94, Vol. 73 Issue 5, p86
Presents Rwanda as an example of what happens when small arms and light weapons are freely sold to countries with ethnic, religious and nationalist problems. Weapons as the leading cause of death and destruction in civil wars; Link to human rights abuses and other violations of international...
- Vatican urges reform in global arms trade. // National Catholic Reporter;7/1/94, Vol. 30 Issue 33, p13
Reports on the Vatican's plea for moral reform of the global arms trade through a radical reduction in the sale of conventional weapons, especially to developing nations. Endorsement of gun-control measures within individual nations while avoiding a blanket condemnation of arms production or...
- UN forges program to combat illicit trade in small arms. Klare, Michael T. // Issues in Science & Technology;Fall2001, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p34
Reports on the adoption of a Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects by members of the United Nations effective July 2001. Aim of the Programme of Action; Significance of the adoption of the Programme of Action;...
- Getting a handle on small arms. Vo, Minh T. // Christian Science Monitor;2/17/99, Vol. 91 Issue 56, p1
Describes the damage done by small and light firearms in conflicts around the world. Most war victims dying from small arms fire; Efforts of human rights activists to control small arms proliferation; Regional agreements about small arms in Western Africa and the Americas; Weapons programs in...
- A New Call to Arms Control. Falby, Patrick // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);10/15/2007, Vol. 150 Issue 16, p4
This article reports on an effort by 100 countries around the world to regulate international trade in small arms. A proposed treaty would ban the sale of these weapons, which include guns and portable grenade launchers, to states with poor human-rights records or to those suspected of using the...
- A New Call to Arms Control. Falby, Patrick // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);10/15/2007, Vol. 150 Issue 16, p4
This article reports on an effort by 100 countries around the world to regulate international trade in small arms. A proposed treaty would ban the sale of these weapons, which include guns and portable grenade launchers, to states with poor human-rights records or to those suspected of using the...
- Gender and the UN Programme of Action: Including all voices. Gonzales, Maribel // Ploughshares Monitor;Autumn2010, p17
The article offers information on the 2001 United Nations' (UN) Programme of Action (PoA) for controlling proliferation and illicit use of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in regional, national and global levels. It discusses the inclusion of gender mainstreaming to the PoA and several...
- Global Gun Control: Examining the Consequences of Competing International Norms. Grillot, Suzette R. // Global Governance;Oct-Dec2011, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p529
The global spread and misuse of small arms is one of the most alarming and growing security issues of the post-Cold War era. For many reasons, however, controlling the spread of small arms is extremely difficult. Nonetheless, given the serious nature of the small arms issue, numerous states,...
