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NATO: Address Weak Arms Trade Controls in Central and Eastern Europe

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Open Letter to NATO Heads of State and Government on Weak Arms Trade Controls in Central and Eastern Europe
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Human Rights Watch Backgrounder, November 15, 2002
(New York, November 15, 2002) The upcoming NATO summit in Prague, Czech Republic, provides an opportunity for NATO to address the urgent need to improve arms trade controls in Central and Eastern Europe, Human Rights Watch said today. In an open letter to NATO leaders and a detailed briefing paper, Human Rights Watch pointed out that a number of recent scandals, including illegal arms sales to Iraq and Liberia, make clear that governments in the region do not exercise reliable control on the weapons trade.