By continuing to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, which has led a 17-month-long campaign against rebels in Yemen, major weapons exporters that signed the ATT are guilty of "the worst kind of hypocrisy", said Anna Macdonald, the director of the watchdog Control Arms.
"For too long, arms and ammunition have been traded with few questions asked about whose lives they will destroy," said Anna Macdonald, director of the Control Arms coalition of non-governmental organizations.
[This] gives hope to the millions affected by armed violence every day. Gunrunners and dictators have been sent a clear message that their time of easy access to weapons is up, said Anna Macdonald, head of Arms Control, Oxfam. For generations the arms trade has been shrouded in secrecy but from
Date: Jun 03, 2013
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More than 65 nations sign treaty to prevent weapons going to terrorists
He appeared with Angela Kane, UN high representative for disarmament affairs, Peter Woolcott, president of the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, Christine Beerli, permanent vice president of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Anna Macdonald, head of arms control
Date: Jun 03, 2013
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Syria: EU split over push to lift rebel arms embargo
Oxfam's head of arms control, Anna Macdonald, said: "Allowing the EU arms embargo to end could have devastating consequences. There are no easy answers when trying to stop the bloodshed in Syria, but sending more arms and ammunition clearly isn't one of them.
Date: May 27, 2013
Category: World
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Syria conflict: EU to discuss amending arms embargo
"There are no easy answers when trying to stop the bloodshed in Syria, but sending more arms and ammunition clearly isn't one of them," the aid agency's head of arms control, Anna Macdonald, said in a statement on Thursday. "International efforts should be focused on halting arms transfers to all si
"The agreement of the arms trade treaty sends a clear message to arms dealers who supply warlords and dictators that their time is up," said Anna Macdonald of the global development group Oxfam. "They will no longer be able to operate and arm themselves with impunity. The world will be watching and
Date: Apr 02, 2013
Category: World
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Supporters of strong UN treaty to regulate global arms trade say latest draft not ...
"Nearly 120 states called on Mr. Woolcott to deliver a robust treaty at the start of the conference, declaring that a weak treaty was worse than no treaty," said Anna Macdonald, Oxfam's head of arms control. "The new text is not good enough and fails to reflect the demands of the majority of the mem