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  Arms conference puts trillion-dollar industry under the spotlight

  World | August 22, 2022 10:57 IST

  The global trade in arms is worth more than two trillion dollars. A UN conference this week aims to bring more oversight to this deadly industry.

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  Arms Trade Treaty to be effective in December: UN

  World | September 26, 2014 6:55 IST

  United Nations: The UN has announced that a treaty designed to regulate the multi-billion-dollar international arms trade will enter into force in December after it was ratified by the 50th country on Thursday."Today marks a

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  UN chief urges countries to join Arms Trade Treaty

  World | April 03, 2014 7:02 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon Wednesday called for more countries to join the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to facilitate its entry into force.Ban made the appeal in a statement to mark the first