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Seminar On Supporting Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations
By KTM Metro Reporter
November 10, 2010: Officiating Deputy Prime Minister holding the portfolio of foreign affairs Sujata Koirala has opened the three-day seminar on "Supporting the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations through Regional Discussions and Expertise Sharing" in Kathmandu today. Representatives of 20 Asian countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and others are participating in the seminar.
The UN has been in the process of preparing the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), currently in the preliminary stage of negotiations aimed at controlling the international trade of arms. The UN has set the year 2012 as its target for its final negotiating conference.
The European Union (EU) has funded the seminar while United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and Pacific (UNRCPD) are jointly hosting it.
