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About us
An international group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) collaborates in the promotion of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the national, regional and international levels. This ATT Steering Committee is comprised of international and regional organisations that form part of the Commission of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and/or are doing work on arms control, demilitarization and development with years of experience in the field. The ATT Steering Committee has established the overall strategic direction of the Arms Trade Treaty initiative, drafting the legal text in coordination with legal experts, and arranging lobbying, research, and campaign activities.
The current members of the ATT Steering Committee (SC) are:
The current advisors to the SC are:
 More about the Steering Committee here...
Nobel Peace Laureates Supporting the ATT Initiative
- Adolfo Perez Esquivel
- Albert Schweitzer Institute
- American Friends Service Committee
- Amnesty International
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Betty Williams
- Elie Wiesel
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Jimmy Carter
- Jody Williams
- John Hume
- Jose Ramos-Horta
- Lech Walesa
- Mairead Maguire
- Norman Borlaug
- Oscar Arias
- Reverend Desmond Tutu
- Rigoberta Menchu
- The late Joseph Rotblat also supported the ATT
More about the Nobel Peace Laureates here...
The ATT and a Popular Campaign: No More Arms For Atrocities!
The Control Arms international campaign was launched in October, 2003 - it calls for 1) government responsibility to respect standards of human rights, humanitarian law and international peace and security in arms trade decisions; and 2) recognition of the connection between irresponsible arms transfers and poverty, armed violence, and human rights violations in local communities. The campaign links issues such as sustainable development, responsible policing, and various case studies to demonstrate the issues and impact of irresponsible commerce of arms and the need to control arms transfers as a way to help decrease violence. The campaign organizations are working toward the specific goal to receive one million photos of supporting faces to present to the UN in the 2006 PoA Review Conference. See the Million Faces link, on controlarms.org.
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