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The Quadripartite Committee today released its third report into the Annual Report on Strategic Export Control for 1999 and parliamentary prior scrutiny. Robin Oakley of CAAT said The principle of prior scrutiny must be adopted by the government if there is to be any real substance to its claims for greater accountability

CAAT activists today target an arms trade conference in the heart of London operated by Smi Conferences. Smi brings together high level government and military attendees including Procurement Directors, Program managers and International Business Development Directors. Martin Hogbin said SMI profits from the global arms market by arranging and hosting military symposia

Campaign Against Arms Trade today revealed investments by leading UK public institutions including: The British Medical Association Staff Pension Fund The United Reform Church Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund RSPCA NHS Trusts Hospices and hospitals (including St. Bartholomew’s Hospital) Scottish National Trust local authorities across London and the UK Northern Ireland Health and

Investments by Labour Party, Leukaemia Research Fund and Leading Public Institutions in Arms Export Trade Revealed Campaign Against Arms Trade, in the tenth year of its clean investment campaign, is raising deep concerns about the democratic accountability of arms export firms and those who finances them. Alan McLaughlin of CAAT said: Considering

Foreign secretary Robin Cook and International development minister Chris Mullin today opened a seminar on Small Arms in London. In light of their statements supporting small arms control it should be noted that 970 Single individual export licenses in the small arms category ML1were signed under Labour in 1999. Small arms destinations included Israel,

Peter Hain, FCO Minister, to Speak on United Nations Reform Date: Wednesday, 6th December 2000; 2.00pm – 5.00pm Venue: Public meeting at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London Lobbying in the House of Commons between 3.30pm – 7.00pm Today, Peter Hain MP, Minister of State for Foreign

Rachel Harford of Campaign Against Arms Trade said: It is shocking to learn that the Government is targeting India as a defence export market – describing it as one of the UK’s best-kept secrets. It is also appalling that at a time when India is under embargo by the US, the UK is not

Today Campaign Against Arms Trade has learnt that the Church of England has disinvested in GKN, a major arms export company with a record of sales to repressive regimes and developmentally needy countries. The Church has taken ‘ substantial review of the C of E’s investment in defence companies’. The Church’s Ethical Investment Advisory