MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union

THEME 2
41 Small Arms Survey 2005, pp. 31–32
42 ICRC (1999), Arms Availability and the Situation of Civilians in Armed Conflict
43 High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (2005), A more secure world, para. 180 (a)
44 The number of states that voted in favour of the resolution increased from 139 at the First Committee
in October 2006, to 153 at the General Assembly on 6 December 2006. However, a number
of states abstained from voting on the resolution, including China, the Russian Federation and
most Middle Eastern countries, and one state voted against it (United States).
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