Caribbean pleased with role played in UN Arms Trade Treaty

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were on Wednesday expressing satisfaction with the roles they played in a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
CARICOM countries voted in favour of the treaty on Tuesday to regulate the US$70 billion global trade in small arms, light weapons and some ammunition.
Lead CARICOM negotiator, Ambassador Eden Charles of Trinidad and Tobago, speaking on behalf of the 14 CARICOM states, said that the UN system “had adopted an instrument to prevent divergence, that is the movement of small arms to countries and parties to whom they were not intended, and used for illegal activities, including activities related to drug trafficking”.