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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
LONDON: The 2005 Campaign Against Arms Trade lecture will by given by journalist and political economist Joe Roeber of Transparency International[1]. It will be held in the Old Theatre at London School of Economics (LSE), Houghton Street, London W2 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on Wednesday 9th February[2]. Corruption is both a crucial
Today, Wednesday 24th November, Indonesia hosts its first ever arms fair in Jakarta, with over 250 companies attending [1] including UK based Rolls-Royce [2] and a subsidiary of BAE Systems, Atlas Elektronik [3]. Arms from UK based companies have been used against civilians and insurgents in the conflicts of West Papua and Aceh. Campaigners
An opinion poll for Campaign Against Arms Trade, published today Monday 22 November 2004, shows majority support for a ban on arms exports. Of those questioned 44% said we should not sell military equipment to other countries, while 35% disagreed[1]. Currently the Government allows arms to be exported to many other countries, including countries
Today, Thursday 28 October 2004, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published its Strategic Export Controls Quaterly Report for April – June 2004. The report shows licences have been issued for substantial shipments of small arms to Iraq (including 21,428 semi-automatic pistols) and other military equipment to Libya.[1] Both countries’ embargoes were lifted recently after
Photo call: At 11am outside Defence Export Services Organisation[1], St George’s Court, Bury Place, London, WC1A. Four whimsical civil servant look-a-likes with missiles (stage props) will hold aloft a giant banner reading Stop Government Promotion of Arms Company Exports. Civil servants will also hold placards saying I promote arms exports in the civil service
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