[jdege]

Governmental support is also growing for a global agreement that would define common standards for regulating all conventional arms transfers.

We need to get Bolton back in the UN.

[mylife]

Yeah, restricting small arms should stop macheteings in Africa and beheadings in the ME.
Its doing one heck of a job in Britain as well, where knives "putting the boot in" are now the weapons of choice.

Small arms resrictions do not prevent humanitarian violence.

[DJ Taylor]

"...UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects."

The UN has been unable to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, but now they think they can control small arms transactions and the American tax payer will fund it?

If we do, the joke is on us.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Global gun control. Great plan. It's really working well for Great Britain and Australia.

[dufekin]

The Senate rejected Bolton five times by majority vote. He's not going to the United Nations until and unless the Republicans can muster a majority in the Senate (counting RINO Voinovich et al. as Democrats). That majority practically will not happen before January 2007.

[Modok]

But, but he makes the democrats feel bad.

[Paul_Denton]

ICRC (Geneva) – Governments, international organizations and NGOs will meet in New York from 11-15 July to assess progress made in four years of implementing the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects Disarm everyone.

Fixed. This BS programe alone is reason to get Bolton comfirmed as ambassidor to the UN!

[Paul_Denton]

Screw the UN ping!

[King Prout]

odd, that this should be datelined in Switzerland - the one republic on Earth which has demonstrated itself serious about promoting the militia.

[adam_az]

molon labe, cold dead hands, etc etc, that says it all.

[TERMINATTOR]