Call for more as Australia ratifies arms trade treaty at UN

By Ben Doherty
Updated June 9 2014 - 8:13am, first published 3:00am
Ratified by Australia, the Arms Trade Treaty still needs 10 countries to sign up for it to become law. Photo: Yun Tae-hyun
Ratified by Australia, the Arms Trade Treaty still needs 10 countries to sign up for it to become law. Photo: Yun Tae-hyun

Australia has ratified the global treaty it helped draft to stop the proliferation of weapons across the globe, but must encourage neighbouring countries to sign up, to guard against the Pacific being further racked by gun violence or descending into a weapons-running hub, human rights group say.

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