G8 countries defying arms embargoes, says report

[maddezmom]

Richard Norton-Taylor
Wednesday June 22, 2005
The Guardian

Arms supplied by G8 countries are being used by regimes that violate human rights, impoverish their people and fight their neighbours, a report by leading development agencies and campaigners warns today.
The report urges G8 leaders, who meet in Scotland next week, to take immediate steps to control the trade and support a British proposal for a global arms trade treaty that will close loopholes allowing governments and dealers to bypass existing controls.


The G8 countries - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US - account for 84% of all worldwide arms supplies, according to the report, published by Amnesty, Oxfam, and the International Action Network on Small Arms and titled The G8: Global Arms Exporters.
"The G8 states have a special responsibility for leadership in addressing the world's security problems," it says.

Both France and Germany have exported arms to countries which are meant to be subject to an EU arms embargo such as Burma, China, and Sudan. Russia, too, sells arms to Sudan as well as to Ethiopia and Iran.

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more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/story/0,13365,1511589,00.html

[mom cat]

1. As long as we keep arming Israel, we have no moral authority to

point the finger at anyone else.

[maddezmom]

2. the US didn't prepare the report

the report was published by Amnesty, Oxfam, and the International Action Network on Small Arms.

[mom cat]

6. I know. Just pointing out that reforf won't go far with the dead

elephant in the living room.

[Miss Chybil]

3. Fuck the People! Let's make some MONEY!

Wooo Hooo! (There mostly brown people, anyway, right?)

:bounce:


(/sarcasm)

[struggle4progress]

4. kick for war profiteers and the children they kill

[dArKeR]

5. G8 slammed over weapons sales - AP

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/06/23/2003260398