Brussels, 02/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 29 March, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton regretted the fact that the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) had not succeeded in adopting this treaty the previous day - a treaty which is a “new international instrument aiming at making trade in conventional arms more responsible and transparent”.
Nevertheless, Ashton said that the draft treaty was “extremely close to...