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The Campaign Against Arms Trade today condemned the hypocrisy of Tony Blair and other G8 leaders over the arms trade, pointing out that the five biggest arms exporting countries are all members of the G8. The USA, UK, Russia, France and Germany not only top the list, but completely dominate the market, accounting for
A report published today by Campaign Against Arms Trade reveals that as long ago as the mid 1960s the UK Government knew that the arms industry was riddled with corruption. However it concealed, and continues to conceal, this from Parliament and the public. The report demonstrates that instead of attempting to stamp out arms
BAE Systems are to hold an EGM this Friday, 13th May 2005, to finalise a merger valued at $4.2 billion with United Defense of the US. CAAT supporters will be attending the meeting to challenge members of the board. United Defense produce land and sea systems, foremost among them the Bradley fighting
Photo call: Outside the BAE Systems AGM, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London at 10.30am on Wednesday 4 May. A door, resembling the door to Number 10 Downing Street, set on an axis so it can rotate – a revolving door. An actor dressed as Tony Blair will invite two BAE Systems
LONDON: Campaign Against Arms Trade is publishing its annual survey of organisations with investments in arms companies, today Wednesday 30 March 2005 [1]. CAAT surveyed 99 local authority pension funds in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its Clean Investment Campaign 2005. Twelve local authority pension funds, dubbed The Dirty Dozen,
LONDON: Campaign Against Arms Trade has welcomed the new report (published on 24 March) by the committee of MP’s which scrutinise arms exports[1]. The Committees on Strategic Export Controls (‘The Quadripartite Committee’)[2] expresses concern at planned cuts to the Export Control Organisation, the civil service organisation which licenses arms exports[3]. CAAT is instead suggesting
LONDON: Today Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary, committed the Government to working towards an international arms treaty in his speech SECURING A GLOBAL ARMS TRADE TREATY at the Institute of Civil Engineers, London [1]. Commenting on the speech, Andrew Wood, a spokesperson for Campaign Against Arms Trade said: An international arms
Photo-call: At 11.00am on Wednesday 9 march at the entrance to the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, where the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) is holding a symposium, a life-size door, set on an axis at a peculiar angle, will be set revolving by an actor dressed as a civil
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