Towards a Globalized ATT: Focus on the Asia-Pacific Region

28th October 2016

On 25 October 2016, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and RAND Europe held a side event in the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss current issues related to the universalization of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The presentations highlighted efforts in the Asia-Pacific region to increase ATT membership together with perceived barriers and obstacles to Treaty accession and implementation. Read more about the side event here. [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]