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July 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda After four weeks of negotiations with the objective of reaching consensus over an agreement that would severely restrict the flow of armaments and ammunition across borders, principal weapons exporters led by the United States effectively blocked the move on Friday by claiming more time is required to draft a final agreement.
“There is no consensus and the meeting is over,” said a spokesman for the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, which sponsored the conference. Approval by all 193 UN member states was required for the passage of the treaty.
Proponents of the treaty, which would have limited weapons trade that generate armed conflicts and mass killings across the globe, severely criticized some major arms exporters in a press conference at the UN headquarters for making amendments to the final draft of the treaty to suit their own interests.
Arms control activists from groups such as Oxfam America, Arms Control Association and Amnesty International expressed anger about the American opposition to the treaty over what they described as its possible infringement on the domestic constitutional right to bear arms. Powerful gun lobbyist group in the US, the National Rifle Association, has expressed opposition to the treaty and used its political influence to pressure the White House against the approval of the agreement.
“The White House walked away at a critical moment by failing to move this treaty to conclusion,” said Oxfam’s Senior Policy Advisor Scott Stedjan in a statement. “It is a tremendous loss for thousands of innocent civilians around the globe who die each year from armed violence fueled by the unregulated transfer of arms.
Jeff Abramson of Arms Control Association also stated that the US has legislated strict domestic laws on regulating arms import and exports, and it is totally inconceivable why it would oppose some sections of the Arms Trade Treaty.
The arms control activist also expressed concern that the final draft of the treaty does not at all provide for an international inspection of arms trade and contains no specific provisions for the control of weapons exports.
Critics also believe that the arms trade treaty is tenuous and opaque and fails to curb global human rights violations.
In his remarks to the opening session of the Conference on Arms Trade Treaty on July 3, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon emphasized that while “nuclear issues always capture headlines,” but conventional arms “are killing people every day without much attention.”
According to organizers of the conference, one person is murdered per minute across the world by conventional weaponry.
Moreover, negotiations for the treaty coincided with renewed debate across America over the ease of acquiring weapons and ammunition after the recent killing of 12 people in a cinema in the City of Denver by a 24-year-old gunman.
The treaty, if passed, would for the first time regulate international standards for authorizing arms transfers, including basic regulations and approval protocols that would improve transparency and accountability.
The main objective of the treaty, according to its draft, is to “prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and their diversion to illegal and unauthorized end use.”
MFB/MA/AZ
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