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Arms trade watchdog says countries are failing in their obligations to report weapons trade

Arms trade watchdog says countries are failing in their obligations to report weapons trade ATT Monitor team, the body charged with overseeing the global Arms Trade Treaty, condemned on Tuesday a lack of transparency around states reporting the weapons they are buying and selling. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, the treaty aims to regulate the international flow of conventional weapons to stop their illicit trade. While its 118 member states are supposed to sub

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