Global Arms Treaty

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  US Believes Russia Conducting Low-Level Nuclear Tests: Official

  The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear tests, a US intelligence official on Wednesday, while the head of a body monitoring a global nuclear treaty said there was no sign of such violations by Moscow.

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  20 Years On, United Nations Waits For Working Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

  The world was a more peaceful place when a newly sworn-in President Barack Obama pledged to "aggressively pursue" a global ban on nuclear arms tests. But as his term winds down, a working test-ban treaty remains a dream and some of the loudest voices out of Washington are hostile.

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  John Kerry to Meet Iran's Foreign Minister at UN Anti-Nuclear Arms Conference

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry at the opening of a UN conference on the global anti-nuclear weapons treaty today, as they try to make progress in talks on a long-term atomic deal.

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  Global Arms Treaty Enters Into Force Tomorrow

  A treaty laying down international rules for the $85 billion dollar global arms trade goes into force on Wednesday with campaigners vowing to make sure it is strictly implemented.

• Eight more Countries Ratify UN Arms Trade Treaty

  Eight more countries have ratified a landmark UN treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade, meaning 10 more countries are needed before the agreement goes into force.

• US to sign global treaty on conventional arms trade

  US Secretary of State John Kerry will this week sign the first global treaty to regulate the $80 billion annual trade in conventional arms, seeking to stem the flow of weapons used in war crimes and genocide.

• UN receives document from Syria on joining chemical arms pact

  The United Nations said it has received a document from Syria today on joining the global anti-chemical weapons treaty, something the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised as part of a deal to avoid US air strikes.

• Over 65 countries sign Arms Trade Treaty

  More than 65 countries have signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade and the United States announced it will sign soon, giving a strong kickoff to the first major international campaign to stem the illicit trade in weapons that fuel conflicts and extremists.

• United Nations overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty

  The 193-nation United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers.

• UN overwhelmingly approves first-ever global arms trade treaty

  The 193-nation UN General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the $70 billion international trade in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and warships.

• UN approves new debate on arms treaty opposed by US gun lobby

  The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to restart negotiations on a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms, a pact the powerful US National Rifle Association has been lobbying hard against.