Towards+an+arms+trade+treaty,+establishing+common+international+standards+for+the+import,+export+and+transfer+of+conventional+arms

The latest development in this case is the agreement to establish a concrete arms trade treaty that would restrict arms trade within certain parameters that would ensure that arms are not facilitated to any threatening parties, hence strict regulations are established essentially to limit arms trading. Iraq, being a very volatile region wherein police are killed on a daily basis in the line of duty, holds strong sentiments for the restriction of small arms, which are brought to the possession of hostile paramilitary groups whcih are instigating strife in the region, and disrupting development. Hence, until the treaty is completely finalized, and not simply reiterated as a convention like the draft authored in the UN PoA session in 2004, Iraq cannot propose any conclusive action that will bring about any observable change.