Sunday, August 5, 2012

WSJ: UN Ends Arms Trade Treaty Talks Without Deal

[Excerpts]  Talks at the United Nations over a potential treaty limiting the illicit flow of weapons ended last week without a deal. [...] For the deal to be struck, all 193 U.N. nations had to agree on the text of the agreement. The New York Times reported that the U.S. faced internal pressure from gun-rights groups to walk away from the talks.  Read more at the Wall Street Journal Blog by Samuel Rubenfeld...

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