US President, Donald Trump has said that he will withdraw the US from the international Arms Trade Treaty, ATT.
President Trump, who said this at a meeting in Indianapolis, added that the UN would soon receive formal notice of the US’s withdrawal from the Arms Trade Treaty.
Speaking at the lobbying group’s annual meeting, Mr. Trump said he would ask the US Senate not to ratify the pact.
In a statement released after Mr. Trump’s speech, the White House said the treaty “fails to truly address the problem of irresponsible arms transfers” because other top-ten arms exporters including Russia and China have not signed up to it.
The US National Rifle Association warns that it amounts to international gun control, and is a threat to the second amendment right to bear arms.
The Arms Trade Treaty, aims at regulating the sale of weapons between countries was signed by one hundred and thirty nations in 2013, and officially came into law the following year.
It requires states to monitor their arms exports, and to ensure their weapons sales don’t break existing arms embargoes.
Nations also need to ensure the weapons they export don’t end up being used for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or terrorist acts and if they do find out the arms will be used for any of these, they need to stop the transfer.
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