Arms trade, landmines, cluster munitions, conventional weapons, corruption and other things that should not be, or should be better controlled. Views my own.
.@banminesusa "strongly condemns any use and transfer of internationally-banned antipersonnel landmines to any country or actor. We call on the Biden administration to reverse this decision and not transfer antipersonnel mines to Ukraine." @minefreeworld https://t.co/etruWHSwmP
Breaking with current policy, Biden admin appears to be sending landmines to #Ukraine that must not be treaty compliant... that #Ukraine would also use/want them breaks their treaty commitments @minefreeworld@banminesusa https://t.co/oLfBEjrjZv
By Biden sending cluster munitions earlier and now landmines (if true), he is going against policies of majority of its NATO allies and in the long run undermines efforts to create rule of law globally & int'l agreements that ban indiscriminate weapons... Not good for US or world
Breaking with current policy, Biden admin appears to be sending landmines to #Ukraine that must not be treaty compliant... that #Ukraine would also use/want them breaks their treaty commitments @minefreeworld@banminesusa https://t.co/oLfBEjrjZv
📢 former Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sudan, Omer Ismail, joining panelists Josh Paul, @AnnelleSheline , @NegarMortazavi for timely Nov 7 event (3:30PM EST)
"Biden’s Final Two Months: A Better Approach to Arms and the Middle East"
Register https://t.co/JO2VDXuG8J
7/ As I recall, Trump was not in favor of a meaningful political declaration of explosive weapons in populated areas #EWIPA and he moved the U.S. further away from the Mine Ban Treaty https://t.co/XbRyaKYvov
1/ it's a difficult day to wake up in America on the issues I care about knowing how the first Trump administration handled many topics... a shortish 🧵, highlighting many @ForumArmsTrade resources 👇
On supporting multilateral approaches, including those within #humanitariandisarmament , Trump rejected the Arms Trade Treaty and certainly could not be expected to support it now. https://t.co/2L4qW3u4x4
With Friday's #FMS notification of potential sales to Taiwan
* $1.16 billion for 3 NASAMS & 120+ missiles
* $828 million for radar systems
the Biden admin has notified more than $7.5 billion in FMS to #Taiwan See full list on our updated resource page
https://t.co/KDT1uFJZNZ
This Friday afternoon $113 million #FMS notification added to our tracker and spreadsheet of more than $120 billion in such notifications worldwide this calendar year
https://t.co/xj5kIkMsfD
https://t.co/3qq4JkS7T5 @StateDeptPM
We strongly oppose @SenatorWicker's demands that @POTUS send more internationally banned and deadly cluster munitions to Ukraine. Peace will not be achieved with bombs and indiscriminate weapons. Real, lasting, just peace is only possible through peaceful means. #BanClusterBombs
The U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition strongly condemns the seventh transfer of internationally prohibited cluster munitions. Cluster munitions can have devastating civilian harm and long-term humanitarian impacts - our statement: https://t.co/fN9Fqnw7n1
Can I say how frustrating it is that @StateDeptPM has an ongoing pattern of burying controversial arms sales notifications on a Friday afternoon (and before a long weekend)!! 😡
More than $2 billion combined #FMS notified to #SaudiArabia and #UAE today. We'll update our resource pages over the weekend, but as background see:
* US-Saudi arms page - https://t.co/VrkcmRSKu4
* FMS Notification tracker - https://t.co/xj5kIkMsfD
https://t.co/EQuigbcxfY