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... ethnic and civil conflicts perpetuated in large part by easy access to illicit SA/LW. The United States is a global leader in efforts to mitigate the illicit trafficking and destabilizing accumulation of SA/LW through multilateral ...
... ethnic and civil conflicts perpetuated in large part by easy access to illicit SA/LW. The United States is a global leader in efforts to mitigate the illicit trafficking and destabilizing accumulation of SA/LW through multilateral ...
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... ethnic minority faced with genocide by an oppressive government. Arms acquired through illicit channels are best addressed by improvements in export controls — for both state and non-state end- — which we strongly advocate. users ...
... ethnic minority faced with genocide by an oppressive government. Arms acquired through illicit channels are best addressed by improvements in export controls — for both state and non-state end- — which we strongly advocate. users ...
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... ethnic, and religious differences and disparities. These are often aggravated by governance-related deficiencies, such as exclusionary and repressive policies, and lack of, or weaknesses in, democratic institutions, respect for the rule ...
... ethnic, and religious differences and disparities. These are often aggravated by governance-related deficiencies, such as exclusionary and repressive policies, and lack of, or weaknesses in, democratic institutions, respect for the rule ...
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... ethnic Albanian separatists helped to ignite armed conflict in that region — a conflict that led to direct U.S. and NATO intervention. Beginning in May 1998, the Albanian government bolstered efforts to collect weapons circulating in ...
... ethnic Albanian separatists helped to ignite armed conflict in that region — a conflict that led to direct U.S. and NATO intervention. Beginning in May 1998, the Albanian government bolstered efforts to collect weapons circulating in ...
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... firearms in international traffic and to prevent illicitly-trafficked firearms from being used in criminal acts of violence. • VOLUME 6 • NUMBER 2 • JUNE 2001 ethnic composition of particular regions or territories. Two aspects of 19.
... firearms in international traffic and to prevent illicitly-trafficked firearms from being used in criminal acts of violence. • VOLUME 6 • NUMBER 2 • JUNE 2001 ethnic composition of particular regions or territories. Two aspects of 19.
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Page 20 - By this I mean practical disarmament in the context of the conflicts the United Nations is actually dealing with and of the weapons, most of them light weapons, that are actually killing people in the hundreds of thousands.
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Page 20 - Progress since 1992 in the area of weapons of mass destruction and major weapons systems must be followed by parallel progress in conventional arms, particularly with respect to light weapons. It will take a long time to find effective solutions. I believe strongly that the search should begin now, and I intend to play my full part in this effort.