Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I absolutely agree. It is about reducing human suffering, but it is also about the international flow of weapons and reducing the current situation where we have a poorly regulated or unregulated flood of weapons around the world.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, that's correct. You would have to comply with that, and I think article 7 is fairly unambiguous in the language there. When a certain threshold is met, then the transfer shall not be authorized. There is, as you highlighted, a mechanism there for mitigation, which allows a

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  If I may add as well, I would say, yes, we've seen some impact already from the ATT when we look at the arms transfer decisions that governments are making around the world. Previously, there was no global regulation on the conventional weapons trade. We had a patchwork system of

Foreign Affairs committee  I would like to add that I would very much agree with the question, that it would be better for the minister if there were clear legal limits. I would also like to underline that in our understanding of the treaty, article 6 and article 7 are very clear on this. The language is t

Foreign Affairs committee  It does specifically particularly relate to the use of small arms and light weapons which, as you know, are included in the treaty under the scope. The aim of the ATT is to ultimately reduce the number of illicit weapons in circulation by first regulating the licit trade. One rea

Foreign Affairs committee  I think it would be unnecessary. The Arms Trade Treaty is about the international transfer of arms and ammunition between countries and territories that import, export, transit, and transship. It's not about domestic gun ownership, so I would see such wording as unnecessary.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I would agree with the colleague from Oxfam that it will become binding when you accede to the treaty. What I was doing in my statement was merely highlighting that this is a significant and important area of the treaty because it's the first treaty to specifically address g

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for this opportunity to address the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. The Arms Trade Treaty is an amazing document. It took over 10 years of campaigning and six years of UN processes to come into being. It has the potential