Iran supports UN’s Arms Trade Treaty
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran supports the United
Nations' Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the global trade of
conventional arms, Press TV reported.
Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a telephone conversation with UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday.
Iran has been a victim of terrorism and fully supports the treaty,
the Iranian president stated.
"Controlling transportation of arms in the world can help the
international security a lot," he said, adding that measures could
be taken to further improve a draft, being prepared by UN members
in New York.
The draft text was circulated to the states participating in a
conference that began in New York City on March 22.
The treaty drafting conference will continue at UN's headquarters
through Thursday in an attempt to regulate the $70 billion global
conventional arms trade.
In the last round of talks held in New York from July 2 to 27,
2012, the members could not reach an agreement on the treaty
text.
The treaty would impose tough new standards for all cross-border
transfers of any type of conventional weapons.
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