蔡沛倫：United Nations General Assembly’s Adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty
Pei-Lun Tsai
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Law,
University of Nottingham
On 2 April 2013, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (Treaty), by a vote of 154 in favour, 3 against, and 23 abstentions.* The Treaty is the result of a six-year long process of consultations and negotiations and the first global treaty aiming at regulating trade of conventional arms, which is reportedly worth $70 billion a year. This contribution introduces the background of the Treaty and major issues and characteristics of the adopted text and concludes with some preliminary observations.**