European Council Allots New Funding for Arms Trade Treaty Implementation

The European Council will provide 1.37 million euros in new funding for implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, the body announced in an April 16 news release. The additional funding will be to assist treaty signees with their national arms export control systems, the release detailed. EU support will be tailored to training local and regional ATT experts to foster greater implementation, creating a database to match implementation needs and resources, and building IT and communications systems to enable better cooperation between the ATT points of contacts for member countries and the ATT Secretariat, the EC said.