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The Treaty was signed July 10 by Ambassador
Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Jarman, the UAE Permanent
Representative to the United Nations, and counter-signed
on behalf of the United Nations by the Director
of agreements in the presence of a number of international
officials involved in the United Nations and members
of the diplomatic corps' missions to the United
Nations.
Following the signing, Ambassador Jarman called
it an important treaty, and the first international
mechanism for the organisation of international
trade in conventional arms without prejudice of
the sovereign rights of states in regulating weapons
within its territory.
The agreement also protects the right of access
to necessary types of conventional weapons for
the purpose of self-defence and the protection
of both national and regional security according
to the principles of the Charter of the United
Nations and the resolutions of international legitimacy
and relevant conventions.
With 154 states voting in favour and only 23
abstentions, the Treaty gained overwhelming approval
in April of this year.
Iran, Syria and North Korea remained in opposition
to the agreement which needed to be approved by
at least 50 member states.
Signatures are the first step towards ratification,
and the treaty will only take effect after 50
countries have fully ratified it.
(Emirates News Agency,
WAM)
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