| In October 2003, IANSA, in partnership with Amnesty International
and Oxfam, launched the Control Arms campaign in over 50 countries
around the world. IANSA members from Argentina to Zambia held launch
events, and a UK launch in
Trafalgar Square, London, drew considerable media attention.
Control Arms focuses on the international trade in small arms,
and seeks to build support among governments for an Arms Trade
Treaty, a legal instrument that would prohibit arms from being
exported to destinations where they are likely to be used to commit
grave human rights violations. An Arms Trade Treaty would require
countries to comply with international human rights and humanitarian
law standards when authorizing weapons transfers.
Control Arms also encourages governments to develop and strengthen
national and regional arms controls measures and agreements, and
to enforce them, and supports the strengthening of civil society-government
partnerships to reduce small arms availability and demand at the
local level.
Please visit this page and the joint Control
Arms site periodically for information on what
is happening next!
The Million Faces Petition
The Million Faces Petition is a new kind of petition
that uses photo portraits instead of signatures. The goal is to
collect one
million images of individuals around the world in support of the
Control Arms campaign and the Arms Trade Treaty. Photographs can
be mailed into the Control Arms campaign headquarters, or uploaded
to the main Control Arms web site. Visit the Million
Faces Petition page on the main Control Arms site.
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