Foreign Affairs committee  I just want to note the distinction between a UN Security Council embargo and the ATT, because I think there is a fundamental distinction. One is the action of the Security Council that is then binding on all UN member states, so in a sense it's a collective process settled by th

Foreign Affairs committee  Just quickly on Afghanistan, I think the greatest concern there will be diversion. That would be a situation where one criterion might be more important than another.

Foreign Affairs committee  But if all the weapons are being diverted to the Taliban, how effective—

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Well, I'm convinced that it will not have an impact on domestic legal gun ownership and use. There may be some implications we can speculate about, but there is certainly no evidence, based on the treaty negotiations that I've seen to date, that would indicate that t

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll respond. I may also pick up on the earlier reference to consensus as well. Certainly that is one of the issues we're very concerned about, because the rules of procedure are calling for a treaty agreed by consensus. There's great concern that what we will end up with as a

Foreign Affairs committee  We know that treaty negotiations next month will be challenging. All key elements of the treaty are contested, even its scope. For example, from their recent experience, many states in Latin America and Africa insist that small arms and light weapons must be in the treaty. Yet so