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No deal on illegal arms trade

No Deal on Illegal Gun TradeUNITED NATIONS, Jul 7 (IPS) - A major United Nations conference ended here Friday without agreeing on a document to push for stronger international efforts to curb the illegal trade in guns and other small weapons around the world. For more detailsAlso there is a press release dated 7 July 2006 from IANSA which gives some more details about which countries objected to which aspects.

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