Occupy Corporatism
Susanne Posel
Occupy Corporatism
November 8, 2012
The UN General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament Meeting
held this week decided that their plans for finalizing the Arms Trade
Treaty (ATT) will culminate in March 2013. Supporting the ATT are
countries like China, France, Germany, the UK and the US.
One hundred and seven countries across the world signed onto the resolution.
In June, Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State has announced that
the Obama administration is working with the United Nations (UN) to
approve, through the US Congress; the ATT. Clinton affirmed that the US
would facilitate talks with the UN in the Conference on the Arms Trade
Treaty, as long as it “operates under the rules of consensus
decision-making. Consensus is needed to ensure the widest possible
support for the Treaty and to avoid loopholes in the Treaty that can be
exploited by those wishing to export arms irresponsibly.”
The Obama administration is in full support of the ATT. Both Susan Rice, US ambassador to the UN and Clinton said in a letter that they “strongly urge the United States to take a leadership role in pushing for a strong, verifiable Arms Trade Treaty.”-[Full Article]
