A case study of the arms trade treaty

The United Nations disarmament and arms control architecture, the traditional multilateral negotiating arena for these issues, was paralyzed for decades. As a result, the advances that were made, such as the Anti- Personnel Mine Ban Convention (1998) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions (2008) were negotiated outside this space (even though the depositary of the Treaty is the United Nations Secretary-General).

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