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November 4, 2008

US & Zimbabwe Rejects Drafting New UN Arms Trade Treaty
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The United States has become one of only two countries to vote against
drafting a new United Nations treaty establishing international
standards for the arms trade. Zimbabwe was the only other nation to vote
against the proposed Arms Trade Treaty.



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