8 more countries join Arms Trade Treaty

8 more countries join Arms Trade Treaty

NEW YORK, United States - Australian Ambassador to the United Nations Gary Quinlan (L) presents a ratification instrument for the Arms Trade Treaty to a U.N. official in the presence of U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane (R) during a ceremony at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 3, 2014. Australia was one of eight more countries to join the treaty.

Japan joins U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

Japan joins U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

NEW YORK, United States - Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa (L), permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations, presents the instrument of ratification for the Arms Trade Treaty in the presence of U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane (R) at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 9, 2014. Japan became the 32nd country to join the international treaty.

Arms trade treaty

Arms trade treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (standing) bows after the House of Councillors unanimously approves a bill to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty during a plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on April 23, 2014.

U.N. arms trade treaty

U.N. arms trade treaty

NEW YORK, United States - Mari Amano (L), Japan's ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, signs a treaty on arms trade at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 3, 2013. An overwhelming majority of member states backed the treaty, the first of its kind to regulate the global flow of conventional arms, at the General Assembly two months ago.

U.N. passes arms trade treaty

U.N. passes arms trade treaty

NEW YORK, United States - The U.N. General Assembly discusses a landmark arms trade treaty that will help regulate the global flow of conventional arms for the first time in New York on April 2, 2013. The assembly adopted the treaty later in the day.

Adoption of Arms Trade Treaty blocked

Adoption of Arms Trade Treaty blocked

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows negotiators in the U.N. Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in New York on March 28, 2013, after North Korea, Iran and Syria blocked the passage of a potentially historic treaty to regulate the global flow of conventional arms.

Arms expert Paul Holtom

Arms expert Paul Holtom

NEW YORK, United States - Paul Holtom, director of the arms transfers program at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, discusses China's rise as a major conventional weapons exporter, as it competes more with other top suppliers like Russia. Picture taken at U.N. headquarters in New York, on the sidelines of the Arms Trade Treaty conference on March 27, 2013.

Foreign Minister Kono attends arms trade meeting

Foreign Minister Kono attends arms trade meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (C) attends a meeting of Arms Trade Treaty signatories in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo