I am delighted to hear that the Government of Mauritania deposited its Instrument of Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty on 23rd September, 2015. As Founder of the PGA Group in the National Assembly of Mauritania, and together with my colleagues in the PGA Group, we effectively ensured parliamentary ratification of the ATT in our country earlier this year and, subsequently and also successfully, persuaded our colleagues in Government to make a swift Cabinet decision endorsing ratification. With this ratification of the ATT, I now urge the Government to give full force and effect to implementing this treaty without delay.
PGA Member Hon. Mohamed Talebna MP (Mauritania)
This workshop sought to address important issues such as armed violence in the Caribbean region as well as an overview of the UN Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA) and the International Tracing Instrument (ITI)..
