BRIEFING - The Arms Trade Treaty - Preparing for the next decade

INSIDE The ATT process: challenges and responses | The key issues | Charting a way forward 2 briefing the arms trade treaty: preparing for the next decade The ATT process: challenges and responses On the back of growing discontent with the annual Treaty 12 May. [...] Drawing upon the February meeting, this paper process, in August 2022 the Eighth Conference of States made a number of observations and recommendations, Parties (CSP8) to the ATT tasked the ATT Management including: Committee to ‘review the ATT programme of work ... [...] DIEF Diversion Information Exchange Forum The DIEF is a closed session for States Parties and Signatory States only 4 briefing the arms trade treaty: preparing for the next decade The key issues It is worth examining in more detail a number of the main to advance transparency and reporting, as proposed points raised during discussions of the Management in the Management Committee paper? Nor should. [...] However, in response to pushback, the 3 May Management Thirdly, a headlong charge to significantly reduce the Committee paper avoided reference to these financial face-to-face meetings of the ATT working groups is issues; while in his presentation of the paper at the completely at odds with the aim of generating ‘inclusive, 12 May Prep Com, the UK Ambassador and Permanent collaborative, effective,. [...] Many of the ATT’s architects, within of the ATT by carrying out a thorough ‘root-and-branch’ governments and from civil society, envisioned the Treaty assessment of all aspects of the Treaty’s operation and as a forum where the role of the arms trade in fuelling implementation.