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"Madam President, the legal vacuum and anarchy prevailing due to the absence of an arms trade treaty are having tragic consequences, causing human misery and undermining the European Union’s promises to promote the rule of law, human rights and peace in the world. We therefore strongly advocate the need for an integrated, legally binding and strong treaty covering all aspects of the conventional arms trade, including, small hunting firearms and ammunition.
One important point that needs to be covered by the treaty is the transparency of the entire process. Without transparency, it will be impossible to guarantee the application of the treaty in practice or progress in stamping out corruption, which often goes hand in glove with the arms trade. The initial text of the resolution that we are debating today contained proper reference to this; however, it has been eliminated in amendments by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats). We trust that plenary of the European Parliament will review that position and send out a strong message of support for a binding arms trade treaty; a message of critical importance in light of the crucial UN conference next month. Although the signs are not there, that conference can and must be crowned with success."@en1
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