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July 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The protesters on Tuesday also called for further efforts to form a binding treaty to control the global weapons market.
“We demand the treaty includes a clause banning the exportation of weapons and sending weapons to countries where they can be used to violate human rights, where there is a serious risk human rights will be violated and however countries like the United States are defending to not include this clause or that it may be included, but weakened,” said Daniel Zapico from Amnesty International in Mexico.
“Obama has to show his commitment to human rights and ensure a rule is introduced to protect human rights without jeopardizing national security, pressure his allies and align himself with the whole of Latin America, Europe and Africa who are asking for a human rights rule within the treaty,” Zapico added.
Activists say one person dies every minute as a result of armed violence in different parts of the world.
Delegates from around the world have gathered in New York for months to hammer out the first binding treaty to regulate the global weapons market. Most UN member states favor a strong treaty.
The US and Russia are main suppliers of the international weapons market, valued at more than USD 60 billion a year.
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