Not that John Kerry is unfamiliar with the concept. Secretary of State Kerry to sign Arms Trade Treaty - diplomats.
A senior State Department official said
President Barack Obama's administration would notify the U.S. Senate on
Tuesday and Kerry would sign the treaty on Wednesday on the sidelines of
the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Obama gave a speech to the assembly on Tuesday that focused on Syria, Iran and other Middle East hot spots.
The
arms treaty, which requires ratification by the Senate and has been
attacked by America's pro-gun National Rifle Association, would help
Western countries press to curtail Russian arms sales to Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of widespread abuses in more than two years of civil war.
Amnesty
International Secretary General Salil Shetty called Kerry's decision "a
milestone towards ending the flow of conventional arms that fuel
atrocities and abuse."
The United
States and 86 other signatory nations "must implement the treaty and
bring to an end the supply of weapons to countries where they would be
used to commit or facilitate genocide, crimes against humanity, war
crimes or other serious human rights violations," Shetty said in a
statement.
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