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Information and analysis on the global arms market.


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A database of documents concerning arms trade issues, maintained since 1996.


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All of America's Defense Monitor videos dealing with arms sales issues.

 

 

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United Nations: The Study of the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children

Action Atlas on U.S. Arm Sales
MoJo Wire spotlights the United States' growing dominance in the world arms trade.

In an era where the world will no longer stand by in silence when gross and systematic violations of human rights are being committed, the United Nations is dedicated to addressing both the supply and demand aspects of the trade in small arms.
-Kofi Annan,
UN Secretary General, Sept. 1999

 

Relevant Now More Than Ever
First published in the SAIS Review: A Journal of International Affairs Winter-Spring 2002, Volume XXII, Number One

Making Global Public Policy:
The Case of Small Arms and Light Weapons

December 2002

Small Arms Continue to Proliferate
Aug. 1, 2002

Under the Gun:
Children and Small Arms

August 2002

United States Weakens Outcome of UN Small Arms and Light Weapons Conference
First appeared in Arms Control Today, Volume 31, Number 7, September 2002

Attempts Made to Control Conflict Diamonds
Aug. 23, 2001

UN Conference on Small Arms Concludes with Consensus
July 26, 2001

Small Arms Impact Children Around the World
July 12, 2001

UN Will Hold Conference on Small Arms
July 5, 2001

Evolution of U.S. Policy on Small Arms
June 29, 2001

Third U.N. Prepcom for Small Arms Conference Ends with Unresolved Issues
April 5, 2001

Small Arms Should Be on the Bush Agenda
Feb. 8, 2001

Second Prepcom for 2001 Small Arms Conference Concludes
Jan. 25, 2001

Second Prepcom for 2001 Small Arms Conference Concludes
Jan. 24, 2001

UN Releases Report on Small Arms Destruction
Nov. 30, 2000.

Diamonds are Forever
Oct. 12, 2000

Another Missed Opportunity in Africa
Aug. 31, 2000

Exporting American "Diplomacy"
Aug. 10, 2000

GAO Releases Small Arms Report
July 27, 2000

UN Imposes Diamond Ban on Sierra Leon
July 13, 2000

IRA Arms Inspected
June 29, 2000

Fighting Erupts in Horn of Africa
May 18, 2000

UN Report Reveals Sanctions Violators
March 23, 2000

UN Hosts First Prepcom for 2001 Small Arms Conference
March 9, 2000

NGO Conference Highlights Small Arms Issue
Feb. 10, 2000

Africa at the End of the Century
Dec. 16, 1999

Bulgaria's Arms Trafficking:
An Issue Yet to be Resolved

Dec. 2, 1999

Continued Trade, Continued War
Nov. 4, 1999

Neglecting Africa
Oct. 21, 1999

Albright Expands U.S. Small Arms Policy at United Nations
Oct. 8, 1999

Arming Indonesia
Sept. 16, 1999

The Kosovo Liberation Army:
Demilitarized or Transformed?

Sept. 9, 1999

Weapons, Weapons Everywhere
Aug. 19, 1999

U.S. Ratification of OAS Firearms Convention Held Up in Senate
Aug. 19, 1999

Liberia Destroys Civil War Arms:
Part of New Global Trend

July 29, 1999

Albright Speech and Report Links Arms and Conflict in Africa
July 22, 1999

Disarmament Process Plagues Northern Ireland Peace Agreement
July 1, 1999

Disarming the KLA
June 17, 1999

Commerce of Small Arms Banned in Rio
June 22, 1999

Small Arms:
A Post-Cold War Disarmament Challenge

June 1999 — Requires Acrobat Reader

Arming the KLA
March 25, 1999

Northern Ireland Faces Disarmament Challenge
March 19, 1999

South Africa Takes Action on Small Arms Problem
Feb. 12, 1999

Weapons Collection Program in Albania to Begin with UN Support
Jan. 22, 1999

West Africa Small Arms Moratorium Adopted
Nov. 13, 1998

Governments and NGOs Discuss Small Arms in Belgium
Oct. 23, 1998

U.S. Arms Policy in Africa:
Madeline Albright Speaks to the Security Council's Africa Ministerial

Oct. 1, 1998

Addressing a Post-Cold War Threat:
Small Arms

July 23, 1998

In Beye's Memory:
Continuing the Angolan Peace Process

July 2, 1998

Beyong India's Nuclear Tests:
Stopping Small Arms Proliferation

May 21, 1998

Beyond Nuclear Non-Proliferation:
Considering Illicit Weapons Trafficking at the G8 Summit

May 14, 1998

Arming the "Bad Guys":
Preventing the Re-export of Weapons

April 30, 1998

The Rwandan Bloodbath:
Four Years Later

April 16, 1998

Fighting a Culture of Guns
April 9, 1998
 
 
More Information

For more information on the arms trade, please email Rachel Stohl at rstohl@cdi.org .