[20161223]IF10567_武器贸易条约.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov December 23, 2016The Arms Trade TreatyOn December 9, 2016, President Barack Obama transmitted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to the Senate. The United States signed the ATT, which is a multilateral treaty of unlimited duration, on September 25, 2013. The treatys objectives are to “establish the highest possible common international standards for regulating or improving the regulation of the international trade in conventional arms .” and to “prevent and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and prevent their diversion.” (Unless otherwise noted, all quotes in this product are taken from the treaty text or the article-by-article analysis submitted by Secretary of State John Kerry to the Senate). Background Although governments and non-governmental advocates has discussed concepts similar to the ATT for decades, a 2004 speech by the UK Foreign Secretary is widely credited with providing critical support for the treaty. In December 2006, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) requested the UN Secretary-General to form a group of governmental experts to examine . the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument e