Thread: U.N. OKs Study of Small-Arms Control

SInce we seem to have turned over so much to international treaties, etc. are the objections from the us just a farce to make it seem they are opposed to this? I wonder.

U.N. OKs Study of Small-Arms Control
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/3256610 ... 0649782289
The Associated Press

By EDWARD HARRIS

October 26, 2006


For us, that standard would be so far below what we are already required to do under U.S. law that we had to vote against it in order to maintain our higher standards.


A key United Nations committee on Thursday approved a resolution that could lead to an international treaty on small-arms control, a move hailed by gun-control advocates but opposed by the U.S. and gun-rights groups.

The measure would begin studies of a possible treaty, and must be approved by the General Assembly, which is likely to take it up next month. Human-rights campaigners said such a treaty would go a long way toward keeping small arms out of conflict zones.

Supporters of the U.N. action say such weapons can flow into conflict areas because of inconsistencies in current laws.

The resolution said the lack of international standards in the arms trade 'is a contributory factor to conflict, displacement of people, crime and terrorism.' It asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to authorize the establishment of a group of experts to look into 'establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms.'

The resolution was adopted by the General Assembly committee dealing with disarmament issues with 139 'yes' votes, 24 abstentions and one 'no' vote, lodged by the U.S.

'The only way for a global arms trade treaty to work is to have every country agree on a standard,' said Richard Grenell, spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. 'For us, that standard would be so far below what we are already required to do under U.S. law that we had to vote against it in order to maintain our higher standards.'

The National Rifle Association in the past has strongly opposed U.N. efforts at crafting a treaty to curb private ownership of small arms. The group has said such a treaty might embolden regimes that violate human rights to disarm their citizens and make popular uprisings against oppression impossible.

But human-rights campaigners supporting the drive to regulate the arms trade welcomed the resolution's approval, though they said much work is left to be done before the final passage of any comprehensive compact.

'Today, the world's governments have voted to end the scandal of the unregulated arms trade,' said Jeremy Hobbs, director of Oxfam International. 'Since the Control Arms campaign began three years ago, an estimated 1 million people have been killed by conventional weapons.'

The resolution asks Annan to seek the views of member states on a legally binding treaty and to establish a group of governmental experts from around the world starting in 2008 to examine the feasibility of a treaty.

Campaigners behind the resolution said they hope any final treaty would compel countries to officially authorize all weapons transfers, stiffen compliance with previous treaties related to conventional weapons while prohibiting weapons transfers with countries likely to use the arms to violate their citizens' rights.

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The UN can ES&D! The UN has absolutely NO SAY about guns in the United States.

They can do all the studies they would like. As far as American citizens are concerned they will be spinning their wheels. I would like see them try to do away with the 2nd and take our guns away.

Please don't kid ourselves. The United Nations of corruption & genocide is dangerous and will not let their plans of disarming Americans go by the wayside. They canNOT achieve their 'one world order' without the USA disarmed. They need to be watched like a hawk and stopped at every turn.

Between the American bastards such as Bloomberg from NY and the klintons etc, etc........all UN lovers and US haters, we've got a major fight on our hands. They're giving the UN all the support both overtly and covertly.

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The U.N. has been making these attempts for at least the last 10 years to no avail (obviously). Yet they continue to keep trying. Sooner or later, things are gonna hit the fan.

Originally Posted by Ladydrake

The U.N. has been making these attempts for at least the last 10 years to no avail (obviously). Yet they continue to keep trying. Sooner or later, things are gonna hit the fan.

They have made headway, LADY.........that's the problem. Witness Bloomberg & NY. NJ and others. Now they have their committee. Who gets in the WH that is a UN lover?

One step at a time so let's not discount what they can do if we think that they're a joke. That's what they're hoping will happen. Australia fell like a rotted tree! Who'd of ever thought that would have happened.

We always need to maintain vigilence with our Bill of Rights.

FIGHT D_ _ M IT! Our second amendment rights is all that is left to protect us from tyranny! The one world eilites know that they can never take over this country as long as we have our 2nd amendment! Again I say FIGHT!!!!

Since it is obvious that our representatives don't read a thing that is put in front of them they could easily sign off on a bill and not know what the H _ _ _ they are signing. We have seen it to many times. I would like to know where they truly stand on the 2nd amendment!

Get us out of the UN and get the UN out of America!

PS. Take David Rockefeller with you also.

Has Mexico signed on to this? The people on the border seem to have a lot of weapons.