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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?
On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.
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Worldwide voices call for a global Arms Trade Treaty
On 3rd July 2012 the Control Arms campaign handed over a global petition to the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban...
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500,000 worldwide tell governments – we need to Control Arms now!
Today in New York, Control Arms campaigners handed over the Speak Out petition on the Arms Trade Treaty to UN...
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Artists demand an Arms Trade Treaty
International artists including Kristin Davis, Keira Knightley, Yoko Ono, Scarlett Johansson, Coldplay, Tim Roth, Annie Lennox and Kevin Spacey have...
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Australians tell the Government “Bring us home a bullet-proof Arms Trade Treaty!”
It’s now just 5 days to go until negotiations begin in New York for the first ever legally binding Arms...
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Tweet the world’s biggest arms exporters to support the Arms Trade Treaty!
Join the Global Tweet-a-thon for the ATT! Supporters of a robust ATT will target the Twitter accounts of the US...
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Speaking up for children in detention
A global campaign to end the immigration detention of children was recently launched by the International Detention Coalition. This month,...
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Countdown to an Arms Trade Treaty
As part of “100 Days of Speaking Out!”, a countdown to the arms trade treaty negotiations, the Control Arms campaign...
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The state of play of the #ArmsTreaty negotiations
In the lead-up to July's Arms Trade Treaty negotiations, several key issues are at play. This blog post provides an...
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Setting the scene for the #Armstreaty negotiations in July
With negotiations for the long-awaited Arms Trade Treaty taking place in July, this blog post sets the scene and outlines...
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Arms Trade Treaty: Let’s finish what we started
By Kate Hughes, Oxfam Great Britain Global Campaigner – Conflict and Humanitarian I was 10 when I joined my first...
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A new approach to regional cooperation on refugee protection
Oxfam has joined with other NGOs from our Asia Pacific region in a joint statement on the Australian Government's announcement...
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Are corporations helping the global water crisis?
Oxfam Australia have joined the global campaign calling for a critique of transnational corporations that are shaping the global response...
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