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"Madam President, I welcome the fact that the EU is taking on the important topic of the United Nations negotiations for a forthcoming Arms Trade Treaty. I also welcome the fact that, in the past, the EU has supported third countries in order to enable countries, via a subsidiary approach, to put in place more robust monitoring of the arms trade.
I take the view that it is necessary not to lose sight of the following objective in the upcoming negotiations: we need a more comprehensive treaty that provides the scope for a monitoring regime that is realistic and capable of taking action. This treaty needs to be comprehensive with a view to the widest possible participation of all states and coverage of a broad spectrum of conventional weapons. A future treaty must thus prove itself to be capable of producing action, as it must succeed in actually curtailing uncontrolled and criminal trade in arms. Moreover, the treaty must be legally binding to a large extent so that international human rights provisions and international law are observed all around the world. You were right to highlight small arms, which are also easy to transport, as a particular problem in many areas, much more so than weapons of mass destruction sometimes. I am therefore pleased by the realism that you are displaying.
Political realism is something that we also need in the evaluation of the demand from many sides for total transparency and accountability, including towards non-parliamentary bodies. I believe that each government must report to and provide disclosure to its national parliament, as the national parliament is the central site of political decision making and supervision. The vigilance and reporting of non-governmental and civil society organisations should be seen as an important, but supplementary function. I therefore hope that we succeed altogether – the EU and its Member States in the United Nations – in bringing about a control regime for the arms trade that really is realistic and capable of taking action."@en1
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