Thank you.
In paragraph 4 of article 7 of the Arms Trade Treaty, when they talk about the criteria for export permits, it explicitly says that countries will “take into account the risk of the conventional arms...being used to commit or facilitate serious acts of gender-based violence or serious acts of violence against women and children.”
I noted, Mr. Arbeiter, that in your remarks you had mentioned that this is the first time this kind of a clause is in a treaty like this.