2008 is a crucially important year for Control Arms. In February, experts from 28 countries will hold the first of three meetings this year to discuss the scope, feasibility and parameters of the future treaty – essentially, what it should contain.
The report that they produce in October will have implications for the hundreds of thousands of people all around the world who are affected by armed violence. Although the meetings take place behind closed doors, Control Arms campaigners will be keeping the pressure on to make sure that governments deliver a treaty that will make people genuinely safer from armed violence.
