Biennial Meeting of States 2005 press coverage

Biennial Meeting of States 2005


Biennial Meeting of States 2005 press coverage
21 July 2005	La Santa Sede se adhiere a la campaña para el control internacional de armas Zenit (Vatican)
20 July 2005	How Sri Lanka is Held Hostage to Thousands of Illegal Arms Khaleej Times
20 July 2005	Voice of the Cape interviewed Joseph Dube of IANSA
20 July 2005	Small Arms Control Remains 'Toothless' Dawn (Pakistan)
18 July 2005	Implementing existing agreements key for combating small arms trade UN News Centre
15 July 2005	Ghana supports international Arms Trade Treaty GhanaWeb
15 July 2005	Pacific Island Nations to have Common Approach on Weapons Control Asia Pulse
14 July 2005	Small Arms Threaten Africa News 24 South Africa
14 July 2005	UN arms trade deal toothless, say critics The Guardian (UK)
14 July 2005	Arms are still available despite UN action plan Irish Times
14 July 2005	UN forum told of concerns over armed police in pacific BBC Monitoring Service
14 July 2005	UN forum told of concerns over armed police in pacific Radio New Zealand International
13 July 2005	Statements to meeting on illicit small arms Newswire.com
13 July 2005	Study flags up dangers of small arms De Havilland Information Services
13 July 2005	UN members draft small arms proposal UPI
13 July 2005	UN officials stress need to curb portable missiles, other light arms used in terror UN News Centre
13 July 2005	600 ONG denuncian la escasa acción de los gobiernos para frenar la proliferación de las armas ligeras EFE and El Mundo (Spain)
12 July 2005	UN arms plan misses mark, says anti-gun network Reuters and The Washington Post (US)
12 July 2005	Annan lauds progress against small arms smuggling, call accord against illicit arms dealing UN News Centre
12 July 2005	Key report on illicit weapons gives guidelines on tracing and information exchange UN News Centre
12 July 2005	Annan lauds progress against arms smuggling Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
12 July 2005	Most Conflict death ‘caused by small arms’ AFP
12 July 2005	Crackdown on Illegal Small Arms Trade China Radio International
12 July 2005	Arzobispo Migliore: Crear tratado sobre comercio armas Servicio Informativo del Vaticano
11 July 2005	True number of conflict death worldwide is vastly underreported, report says Associated Press
11 July 2005	UN study says small arms fire deadliest CBC News
11 July 2005	Annan Lauds Progress Against Arms Smuggling Scoop (New Zealand)
10 July 2005	UN holds meeting on eradication of illicit trade of light weapons Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
8 July 2005	UN to Chart Progress Suppressing Small Arms Trade Scoop (New Zealand)
7 July 2005	UN meets this week to discuss banning guns John Lott’s website

Thirteen more governments announce support for Arms Trade Treaty
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Governments not doing enough to tackle spread of guns