At UN Review Meeting, Ban Urges Sustained Efforts to Tackle Illegal Small Arms Trade

by Gary Kopycinski on August 27, 2012

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 August 2012. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged sustained efforts to tackle the illegal trade in small arms and light weapons, which kill more than half a million people each year and takes a particularly heavy toll on civilians.