Fast and Furious and arming of the Mexican cartels, the current smuggling to the Syrian rebels via Benghazi, the Moslem brotherhood in Egypt getting everything from rifles to F-16s, the Libyan al qeida rebels, the Afghan military, the Palestinian authority with tens of thousands of M-16s.
Who could -ever- accuse US of arming terrorists?
Ahh, my FR Brother, These which you mention are not "illicit". They are sponsored by a sovereign government engaged in diplomacy, as will any and all trade deals between Iran, North Korea, China, Russia, Syria, etc. An illicit arms trade would be without the authorization of a government. It is my understanding this is to restrict "black market" and "smuggling" of weapons. It's the UN. The devil is in the details. Question we should ask is, why would we need a treaty to get nations to agree that something that is illegal is also illegal by a consistent standard (as written)?
The laws that are to be broken per this treaty have yet to be written.
True, the US has armed some despicable people under the pretense of arming “the opposition” or “rebels”, and no way should we be sending planes to Egypt. As you say, the UN is largely composed of these same despicable people. I’m sure that part of this treaty involves a mandatory registry of guns, because how else can they keep us citizens from arming Sudan or Somalia?