FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: INCREASING ATT MEMBERSHIP IN THE ASIA PACIFIC

On 21st February the United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), in cooperation with the Small Arms Survey (SAS), conducted a webinar titled “10 Years of the Arms Trade Treaty: Advancing universalization in the Asia Pacific.” The webinar reflected on the universalization of the ATT in the region a decade on from its entry into force, bringing together states representatives and civil society organizations, and was prescient in view of the ATT’s 11th Conference of States Parties (CSP11) Working Group on Treaty Universalization (WGTU) held the week after.