Second Amendment: It’s Not About Hunting, It’s About Tyranny

							Second Amendment: It’s Not About
Hunting, It’s About Tyranny
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
July 26, 2012
Now that Obama has tested the water on
government gun control with a speech delivered
before the National Urban League, we can
expect the divisive issue to play a role in his re-
election campaign.
Obama and his globalist handlers – who
ultimately want every gun confiscated –
understand that the American people by and
large support the Second Amendment. This is
why the president patronized hunters and
shooters with an oily sleight of hand.
“I also believe that a lot of gun owners would
agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of
soldiers, not in the hands of criminals,” Obama said. “That they belong on the battlefield of war, not on
the streets of our cities.”
In fact, according to the founders, guns – including AK47s in the modern context – belong in the hands
of the citizens and their state militias, as plainly and eloquently spelled out in the Second Amendment.
Thomas Jefferson and the founders did not craft the Second Amendment to protect the right of hunters
and target shooters. It was included – right after the First Amendment guareenting political speech – to
ensure the right of citizens to violently oppose a tyrannical federal government if need be.
AK47s and other “assault” weapons are the sort of tools that will be used if push comes to shove and
the people must violently oppose the government.
Obama supporters and other lovers of the state recoil at the prospect of armed resistance to a tyrannical
centralized federal government and refuse to accept that this is what the Second Amendment is all
about. “The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be
inherent in the people,” wrote Fisher Ames, a member of the Massachusetts convention that ratified the
                                         Constitution in 1788. This concept is antithetical to the modern
                                         liberal who believes government to be a force of good.
                                          “The Second Amendment was to protect the ability of the
                                          people to violently overthrow the government,” writes Richard
                                          Schrade, an attorney from Georgia and member of the
                                          Libertarian National Committee. “Let’s remember that this
                                          country was formed in a violent revolution. Let’s remember
                                          that at Lexington and Concord citizen fired on and killed
                                          government soldiers sent by the central government to
                                          confiscate their weapons and arms…. When viewed in this
                                          light, it is apparent that a limitation on automatic weapons
would be an infringement on the purposes of the Second
Amendment.”
If Obama supporters, Democrats, “progressives” and others
demanding the government take our firearms in a misplaced
effort to stop maniacs from killing people were honest, they
would work to repeal the Second Amendment instead of
chipping away at it piecemeal. “If we are going to have gun
control then let’s not dicker around the fringes. Let those who
would limit the law-abiding citizen’s access to arms first
repeal the Second Amendment. That would be the
intellectually honest way to address the issue,” writes Schrade.
Such a debate is only possible today because formerly free
men no longer have a grasp of history and have been
brainwashed by decades of government mandated public
education and propaganda. Early on in America, both the
Federalists and the anti-Federalists agreed that arms and
liberty are inextricably linked. George Mason and others knew
reflexively that the most effective way to enslave a people is
to disarm them. Mason, in particular, argued that divine
providence had given every individual the right of self-defense
– including the right to defend against a tyrannical
government. Today, we have forgotten all of this.
Obama can easily get away with making an outrageous speech
about hunting and target shooting and almost completely
ignore criticism and not be called to task. We are told that he is
a constitutional scholar. How could a constitutional scholar be
completely ignorant of the Second Amendment’s true purpose
and the admonitions of the founders? What constitutional
scholar would be ignorant of Jefferson’s famous assertion,
made in a letter to William Smith in 1787, that the “tree of
liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of
patriots & tyrants”?
Obama is not a constitutional scholar. It is a phony title like
just about everything else about the man. He is a teleprompter
reader for a shadow global elite determined to debar access to
weapons and take away those already in our possession. Not because of maniacs in theaters or
classrooms, but in order to render us helpless against the violence of the state.

Obama Pledges Action on Gun Violence
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Bombshell: Leaked UN Treaty Does Ban
Guns
Aaron Dykes
Infowars.com
July 26, 2012

Treacherous wording upholds “States”
gun rights but not individuals
The text of the anticipated and hotly-
contested United Nations Arms Trade
Treaty has been leaked, with the treaty
itself set to be adopted and signed by
member States as early as tomorrow, July
27. President Obama, today joining the
chorus for gun control inside the United
States in the wake of the Batman
massacre, has previously indicated that he
would sign the treaty, which would then
have to be ratified by the Senate.
Masked behind the language of promoting
peace in an international world by
preventing genocide, the UN has unleashed a great Trojan Horse that calls upon States to enact national
legislation sufficient to meet the minimum goals outlined in this treaty– including gun registries,
background checks, import/export controls and more for arms of all types, including small &
conventional weapons. “Each State Party shall adopt national legislation or other appropriate
national measures regulations and policies as may be necessary to implement the obligations of this
Treaty,” the treaty text states in part.
It makes specific note that the treaty places no limit upon greater gun control efforts within individual
nations, and additionally places no expiration on the agreement. The scope of this language proves the
analysis by Infowars (1, 2, 3, 4), writers at Forbes and many other publications that have been warning
about this deceptive encroachment to be correct– there is an effort to disarm America underway.
The devil, as usual, is in the details.
Repeatedly, the treaty obligates States to establish “national control systems” to meet the particulars of
the treaty. While the phrase “within national laws and regulations” appears to suggest that the 2nd
                                                   Amendment would limit the implementation, properly
                                                   read in the context of the wording and history itself, it
                                                   really only invites new “regulations” where no “law”
                                                   can be established.
                                                   These international goals will undoubtedly pressure
                                                   changes in the executive branches’ many policies, as
                                                   we have already seen with the ATF, who are trying to
                                                   outlaw most types of shotguns, and who separately
                                                   placed greater reporting burdens on gun shops in the
Southwest border states as a response to the Fast &
Furious set-up by Eric Holder & co. to demonize
and destroy gun ownership.
The first “principle” outlined in the preamble reads:
“1. The inherent rights of all States to individual or
collective self-defense.” While the language of the
treaty appears to recognize the legal right to keep
such arms, the text actually recognizes the
“inherent right of States” to “individual and
collective” self-defense.
This is NOT the same as individual persons’
inherent right to keep and bear arms as recognized
and enumerated in the United States’ Bill of Rights.
Instead, it puts the collectivist unit known as the
State above the individual, in complete defiance of the system set-up in the United States. Individual
defense for a State, for instance, refers to what is known on the international scene as “unilateral war,”
while collective defense is recognize in such actions as that of NATO or other allied bodies. The States’
right to maintain internal order has also been recognized by the UN, but all other purposes for arms
ownership are seen as illegitimate.
It specifically recognizes [only] the “lawful private ownership and use of conventional arms
exclusively for, inter alia, recreational, cultural, historical and sporting activities for States where
such ownership and use are permitted or protected by law.” There’s been a great deal of rhetoric from
gun grabbers over the years attempting to emphasize gun ownership for legitimate sporting uses, but
the real purpose of arms ownership is a balance of power at the individual level in order to discourage
tyranny at the State level. THAT is what the founding fathers intended, and that is the historical legacy
Americans cherish.
NO SPECIFIC PROTECTION for individual persons is contained in this dangerous treaty, though the
same media who’ve been demonizing critics of the UN’s effort as delusional and paranoid will attempt
to argue otherwise, clinging to deliberately inserted clauses herein that look like stop-guards and
protections for gun rights, but properly read, do no such thing.
                                                While the UN advises States to keep within the scope of
                                                their own laws, the end-run assault against American’s
                                                2nd Amendment is unmistakeable.
                                                The text was released two days ago, but has received
                                                almost no attention in the press. The International
                                                Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights
                                                and The Examiner have analyzed the treaty, while
                                                pointing out that member states like France have “let
                                                slip that their ultimate goal is to regulate legitimately-
                                                owned ‘weapons.’”
                                                The United Nations has a sordid history of pursuing
                                                “general and complete disarmament,” and individual
                                                arms including legally owned arms have always been
                                                part of that focus. The United Nations treaty from 2001,
                                                known as the “SADC Protocol: Southern African
                                                Development Community” is, according to the UN’s
own disarmament website, a “regional instrument
that aims to curtail small arms ownership and
illicit trafficking in Southern Africa along with the
destruction of surplus state weapons. It is a far-
reaching instrument, which goes beyond that of a
politically binding declaration, providing the region
with a legal basis upon which to deal with both the
legal and the illicit trade in firearms.”
As we have previously noted, U.S. troops have been
trained to confiscate American guns, while the
confiscation in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
has already set the precedent. The deception over aiming for legal guns while pretending to target
“illicit” weapons is continued here in this 2012 monster treaty.
Below is the text in full, as it has been proposed and released. Any changes in the signed version will
be noted when that time comes:
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UNITED NATIONS ARMS TRADE TREATY TEXT
PREAMBLE
The States Parties to this Treaty.
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
Recalling that the charter of the UN promotes the establishment and maintenance of international peace
and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources;
Reaffirming the obligation of all State Parties to settle their international disputes by peaceful means in
such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered, in accordance with
the Charter of the UN;
Underlining the need to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade of conventional arms and to
prevent their diversion to illegal and unauthorized end use, such as terrorism and organized crime;
Recognizing the legitimate political, security, economic and commercial rights and interests of States in
the international trade of conventional arms;
Reaffirming the sovereign right and responsibility of any State to regulate and control transfers of
conventional arms that take place exclusively within its territory pursuant to its own legal or
constitutional systems;
Recognizing that development, human rights and peace and security, which are three pillars of the
United Nations, are interlinked and mutually reinforcing.
Recalling the United Nations Disarmament Commission guidelines on international arms transfers
adopted by the General Assembly;
Noting the contribution made by the 2001 UN Programme of Action to preventing combating and
eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects, as well as the 2001
Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in Firearms, their parts and components and
ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
Recognizing the security, social, economic and humanitarian consequences of the illicit trade in and
unregulated trade of conventional arms;
Recognizing the challenges faced by victims of armed conflict and their need for adequate care,
rehabilitation and social and economic inclusion;
Bearing in mind that the women and children are particularly affected in situations of conflict and
armed violence;
Emphasizing that nothing in this treaty prevents States from exercising their right to adopt additional
more rigorous measures consistent with the purpose of this Treaty;
Recognizing the legitimate international trade and lawful private ownership and use of
conventional arms exclusively for, inter alia, recreational, cultural, historical and sporting
activities for States where such ownership and use are permitted or protected by law;
Recognizing the active role that non-governmental organizations and civil society can play in
furthering the goals and objectives of this Treaty; and
16. Emphasizing that regulation of the international trade in conventional arms should not hamper
international cooperation and legitimate trade in material, equipment and technology for peaceful
purposes;
Have agreed as follows:
Principles
Guided by the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations, States Parties, In
promoting the goals and objectives of this Treaty and implementing its provisions, shall act in
accordance with the following principles:
The inherent rights of all States to individual or collective self-defense;
2. Settlement of individual disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and
security, and justice, are not endangered;
3. The rights and obligations of States under applicable international law, including international
humanitarian law and international human rights law;
4. The responsibility of all States, in accordance with their respective international obligations, to
effectively regulate and control international transfer of conventional arms as well as the primary
responsibility of all States to in establishing and implementing their respective national export control
systems; and
5. The necessity to implement this Treaty consistently and effectively and in a universal, objective and
non-discriminatory manner.
Article 1
Goals and Objectives
Cognizant of the need to prevent and combat the diversion of conventional arms into the illicit market
or to unauthorized end users through the improvement of regulation on the international trade in
conventional arms,
The goals and objectives of this Treaty are:
- For States Parties to establish the highest possible common standards for regulating or improving
regulation of the international trade in conventional arms;
- To prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and their diversion to illegal
and unauthorized end use;
In order to:
- Contribute to international and regional peace, security and stability;
- Avoid that the international trade in conventional arms contributes to human suffering;
- Promote cooperation, transparency and responsibility of States Parties in the trade in conventional
arms, thus building confidence among States Parties,
Article 2
- A. Covered Items
- 1. This Treaty shall apply to all conventional arms within the following categories:
- a. Battle Tanks
- b. Armored combat vehicles
- c. Large-caliber Artillery systems
- d. Combat aircraft
- e. Attack helicopters
- f. Warships
- g. Missiles and missile launchers
- h. Small Arms and Light Weapons
- 2. Each State Party Shall establish and Maintain a national control system to regulate the export of
munitions to the extent necessary to ensure that national controls on the export of the conventional
arms covered by Paragraph a1 (a)-(h) are not circumvented by the export of munitions for those
conventional arms.
- 3. Each State Party shall establish and maintain a national control system to regulate the export of
parts and components to the extent necessary to ensure that national controls on the export of the
conventional arms covered by Paragraph A1 are not circumvented by the export of parts and
components of those items.
- 4. Each State Party shall establish or update, as appropriate, and maintain a national control list that
shall include the items that fall within Paragraph 1 above, as defined on a national basis, based on
relevant UN instruments at a minimum. Each State Party shall publish its control list to the extent
permitted by national law.
- B. Covered Activities
- 1. This Treaty shall apply to those activities of the international trade in conventional arms covered in
paragraph a1 above, and set out in Articles 6-10, hereafter referred to as “transfer.”
- 2. This Treaty shall not apply to the international movement of conventional arms by a State Party or
its agents for its armed forces or law enforcement authorities operating outside its national territories,
provided they remain under the State Party’s ownership.
Article 3
Prohibited Transfers
A State Party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms within the scope of this Treaty if the
transfer would violate any obligation under any measure adopted by the United Nations Security
Council acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular arms embargoes.
A State Party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms within the scope of this Treaty if the
transfer would violate its relevant international obligations, under international agreements, to which it
is a Party, in particular those relating to the international transfer of, or illicit trafficking in,
conventional arms.
A State Party shall not authorize a transfer of conventional arms within the scope of this Treaty for the
purpose of facilitating the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes constituting
grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, or serious violations of Common Article 3 of the
Geneva Convention of 1949.
Article 4
National Assessment
Each State Party, in considering whether to authorize an export of conventional arms within the scope
of this Treaty, shall, prior to authorization and through national control systems, make an assessment
specific to the circumstances of the transfer based on the following criteria:
Whether the proposed export of conventional arms would:
Be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law;
Be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international human rights law;
Contribute to peace and security;
Be used to commit or facilitate an act constituting an offense under international conventions and
protocols relating to terrorism or transnational organized crime, to which the transferring State is a
Party;
In making the assessment, the transferring State Party shall apply the criteria set out in Paragraph 2
consistently and in an objective and non-discriminatory manner and in accordance with the principles
set out in this Treaty, taking into account relevant factors, including information provided by the
importing State.
4. In assessing the risk pursuant to Paragraph 2, the transferring State Party may also take into
consideration the establishment of risk mitigation measures including confidence-building measures
and jointly developed programs by the exporting and importing State.
5. If in the view of the authorizing State Party, this assessment, which would include any actions that
may be taken in accordance with Paragraph 4, constitutes a substantial risk, the State Party shall not
authorize the transfer.
Article 5
Additional Obligations
Each State Party, when authorizing an export, shall consider taking feasible measures, including joint
actions with other States involved in the transfer, to avoid the transferred arms:
being diverted to the illicit market;
be used to commit or facilitate gender-based violence or violence against children;
become subject to corrupt practices; or
adversely impact the development of the recipient State.
Article 6
General Implementation
Each State Party shall implement this Treaty in a consistent, objective and non-discriminatory manner
in accordance with the goals and objectives of this Treaty;
The implementation of this Treaty shall not prejudice previous or future obligations undertaken with
regards to international instruments, provided that those obligations are consistent with the goals and
objectives of this Treaty. This Treaty shall not be cited as grounds for voiding contractual obligations
under defense cooperation agreements concluded by States Parties to this Treaty.
Each State Party shall take all appropriate legislative and administrative measures necessary to
implement the provisions of this Treaty and designate competent national authorities in order to have
an effective, transparent and predictable national control system regulating the transfer of conventional
arms;
Each State Party shall establish one or more national contact points to exchange information on matters
related to the implementation of this Treaty. A State Party shall notify the Implementation Support Unit
(See Article 13) of its national contact point(s) and keep the information updated.
State Parties involved in a transfer of conventional arms shall, in a manner consistent with the
principles of this Treaty, take appropriate measures to prevent diversion to the illicit market or to
unauthorized end-users. All State Parties shall cooperate, as appropriate, with the exporting State to that
end.
If a diversion is detected the State or States Parties that made the decision shall verify the State or
States Parties that could be affected by such diversion, in particulate those State Parties that are
involved in the transfer, without delay.
Each State Party shall take the appropriate measures, within national laws and regulations, to
regulate transfers of conventional arms within the scope of the Treaty.
Article 7
Export
Each State Party shall conduct risk assessments, as detailed in Articles 4 and 5, whether to grant
authorizations for the transfer of conventional arms under the scope of this Treaty. State Parties shall
apply Articles 3-5 consistently, taking into account all relevant information, including the nature and
potential use of the items to be transferred and the verified end-user in the country of final destination.
Each State Party shall take measures to ensure all authorizations for the export of conventional arms
under the scope of the Treaty are detailed and issued prior to the export. Appropriate and relevant
details of the authorization shall be made available to the importing, transit and transshipment State
Parties, upon request.
Article 8
Import
Importing State Parties shall take measures to ensure that appropriate and relevant information is
provided, upon request, to the exporting State Party to assist the exporting State in its criteria
assessment and to assist in verifying end users.
State Parties shall put in place adequate measures that will allow them, where necessary, to monitor and
control imports of items covered by the scope of the Treaty. State Parties shall also adopt appropriate
measures to prevent the diversion of imported items to unauthorized end users or to the illicit market.
Importing State Parties may request, where necessary, information from the exporting State Party
concerning potential authorizations.
Article 9
Brokering
Each State Party shall take the appropriate measures, within national laws and regulations, to control
brokering taking place under its jurisdiction for conventional arms within the scope of this Treaty.
Article 10
Transit and Transshipment
Each State Party shall adopt appropriate legislative, administrative or other measures to monitor and
control, where necessary and feasible, conventional arms covered by this Treaty that transit or transship
through territory under its jurisdiction, consistent with international law with due regard for innocent
passage and transit passage;
Importing and exporting States Parties shall cooperate and exchange information, where feasible and
upon request, to transit and transshipment States Parties, in order to mitigate the risk of discretion;
Article 11
Reporting, Record Keeping and Transparency
Each State Party shall maintain records in accordance with its national laws and regardless of the items
referred to in Article 2, Paragraph A, with regards to conventional arms authorization or exports, and
where feasible of those items transferred to their territory as the final destination, or that are authorized
to transit or transship their territory, respectively.
Such records may contain: quantity, value, model/type, authorized arms transfers, arms actually
transferred, details of exporting State(s), recipient State(s), and end users as appropriate. Records shall
be kept for a minimum of ten years, or consistent with other international commitments applicable to
the State Party.
States Parties may report to the Implementation Support Unit on an annual basis any actions taken to
address the diversion of conventional arms to the illicit market.
Each State Party shall, within the first year after entry into force of this Treaty for that State Party,
provide an initial report to States Parties of relevant activities undertaken in order to implement this
Treaty; including inter alia, domestic laws, regulations and administrative measures. States Parties shall
report any new activities undertaken in order to implement this Treaty, when appropriate. Reports shall
be distributed and made public by the Implementation Support Unit.
Each State Party shall submit annually to the Implementation Support Unit by 31 May a report for the
preceding calendar year concerning the authorization or actual transfer of items included in Article 2,
Paragraph A1. Reports shall be distributed and made public by the Implementation Support Unit. The
report submitted to the Implementation Support Unit may contain the same type of information
submitted by the State Party to other relevant UN bodies, including the UN Register of Conventional
Arms. Reports will be consistent with national security sensitivities or be commercially sensitive.
ARTICLE 12
ENFORCEMENT
Each State Party shall adopt national legislation or other appropriate national measures regulations and
policies as may be necessary to implement the obligations of this Treaty.
ARTICLE 13
IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT UNIT
This Treaty hereby establishes an Implementation Support Unit to assist States Parties in its
implementation.
The ISU shall consist of adequate staff, with necessary expertise to ensure the mandate entrusted to it
can be effectively undertaken, with the core costs funded by States Parties.
The implementation Support Unit, within a minimized structure and responsible to States Parties, shall
undertake the responsibilities assigned to it in this Treaty, inter alia:
Receive distribute reports, on behalf of the Depository, and make them publicly available;
Maintain and Distribute regularly to States Parties the up-to-date list of national contact points;
Facilitate the matching of offers and requests of assistance for Treaty implementation and promote
international cooperation as requested;
Facilitate the work of the Conference of States Parties, including making arrangements and providing
the necessary service es for meetings under this Treaty; and
Perform other duties as mandated by the Conference of States Parties.
ARTICLE 14
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
States Parties shall designate national points of contact to act as a liaison on matters relating to the
implementation of this Treaty.
States Parties shall cooperate closely with one another, as appropriate, to enhance the implementation
of this Treaty consistent with their respective security interests and legal and administrative systems.
States Parties are encouraged to facilitate international cooperation, including the exchange of
information on matters of mutual interest regarding the implementation and application of this Treaty in
accordance with their national legal system. Such voluntary exchange of information may include, inter
alia, information on national implementation measures as well as information on specific exporters,
importers and brokers and on any prosecutions brought domestically, consistent with commercial and
proprietary protections and domestic laws, regulations and respective legal and administrative systems.
4. Each State Party is encouraged to maintain consultations and to share information, as appropriate, to
support the implementation of this Treaty, including through their national contact points.
5. States Parties shall cooperate to enforce the provisions of this Treaty and combat breaches of this
Treaty, including sharing information regarding illicit activities and actors to assist national
enforcement and to counter and prevent diversion. States Parties may also exchange information on
lessons learned in relation to any aspect of this Treaty, to develop best practices to assist national
implementation.
Article 15
International Assistance
In fulfilling the obligation of this Treaty, States Parties may seek, inter alia, legal assistance, legislative
assistance, technical assistance, institutional capacity building, material assistance or financial
assistance. States, in a position to do so, shall provide such assistance. States Parties may contribute
resources to a voluntary trust fund to assist requesting States Parties requiring such assistance to
implement the Treaty.
States Parties shall afford one another the widest measure of assistance, consistent with their respective
legal and administrative systems, in investigations, prosecutions and judicial proceedings in relation to
the violations of the national measures implemented to comply with obligations under of the provisions
of this Treaty.
Each State Party may offer or receive assistance, inter alia, through the United Nations international,
regional, subregional or national organizations, non-governmental organizations or on a bi-lateral basis.
Such assistance may include technical, financial, material and other forms of assistance as needed,
upon request.
Article 16
Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Accession
This Treaty shall be open for signature on [date] at the United Nations Headquarters in New York by all
States and regional integration organizations.
This Treaty is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval of the Signatories.
This Treaty shall be open for accession by any state and regional integration organization that has not
signed the Treaty.
4. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the
Depositary.
5. The Depositary shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States and regional integration
organizations of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession and the date of the entry into force of this Treaty, and of the receipt
of notices.
6. “Regional integration organization” shall mean an organization constituted by sovereign States of a
given region, to which its Member States have transferred competence in respect of matters governed
by this Treaty and which has been duly authorized, in accordance with its internal procedures, to sign,
ratify, accept, approve or accede to it.
7. At the time of its ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, a regional integration organization
shall declare the extent of its competence with respect to matters governed by this Treaty. Such
organizations shall also inform the Depositary of any relevant modifications in the extent of it
competence.
8. References to “State Parties” in the present Treaty shall apply to such organizations within the limits
of their competence.
Article 17
Entry into Force
This Treaty shall enter into force thirty days following the date of the deposit of the sixty-fifth
instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with the Depositary.
For any State or regional integration organization that deposits its instruments of accession subsequent
to the entry into force of the Treaty, the Treaty shall enter into force thirty days following the date of
deposit of its instruments of accession.
For the purpose of Paragraph 1 and 2 above, any instrument deposited by a regional integration
organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by Member States of that
organization.
Article 18
Withdrawal and Duration
This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration.
Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to withdraw from this
Convention. It shall give notice of such withdrawal to all other States Parties from this Convention. It
shall give notice of such withdrawal to all other States Parties and to the Depositary. The instrument of
withdrawal shall include a full explanation of the reasons motivating this withdrawal.
A state shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations arising from this
treaty while it was a party to the Treaty, including any financial obligations, which may have accrued.
Article 19
Reservations
Each State party, in exercising its national sovereignty, may formulate reservations unless the
reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of this Treaty.
Article 20
Amendments
At any time after the Treaty’s entry into force, a State Party may propose an amendment to this Treaty.
Any proposed amendment shall be submitted in writing to the Depository, which will then circulate the
proposal to all States Parties, not less than 180 days before next meeting of the Conference of States
Parties. The amendment shall be considered at the next Conference of States Parties if a majority of
States Parties notify the Implementation Support Unit that they support further consideration of the
proposal no later than 180 days after its circulation by the Depositary.
Any amendment to this Treaty shall be adopted by consensus, or if consensus is not achieved, by two-
thirds of the States Parties present and voting at the Conference of States Parties. The Depositary shall
communicate any amendment to all States Parties.
A proposed amendment adopted in accordance with Paragraph 3 of this Article shall enter into force for
all States Parties to the Treaty that have accepted it, upon deposit with the Depositary. Thereafter, it
shall enter into force for any remaining State Party on the date of deposit of its instrument of accession.
Article 21
Conference of States Parties
The Conference of States Parties shall be convened not later than once a year following the entry into
force of this Treaty. The Conference of States Parties shall adopt rules of procedure and rules governing
its activities, including the frequency of meetings and rules concerning payment of expenses incurred
in carrying out those activities.
The Conference of States Parties shall:
a. Consider and adopt recommendations regarding the implementation of this Treaty, in particular the
promotion of its universality; TR
b. Consider amendments to this Treaty;
c. Consider and decide the work and budget of the Implementation Support Unit;
d. Consider the establishment of any subsidiary bodies as may be necessary to improve the functioning
of the Treaty;
e. Perform any other function consistent with this Treaty.
3. If circumstances merit, an exceptional meeting of the State Parties may be convened if required and
resources allow.
Article 22
Dispute Settlement
States Parties shall consult and cooperate with each other to settle any dispute that may arise with
regard to the interpretation or application of this Treaty.
States Parties shall settle any dispute between them concerning the interpretation or application of this
Treat though negotiations or other peaceful means of the Parties mutual choice.
States Parties may pursue, by mutual consent, third party arbitration to settle any dispute between them,
regarding issues concerning the implementation of this Treaty.
Article 23
Relations with States not party to this Treaty
States Parties shall apply Articles 3-5 to all transfers of conventional arms within the scope of this
Treaty to those not party to this Treaty.
Article 24
Relationship with other instruments
States Parties shall have the right to enter into agreements on the trade in conventional arms with
regards to the international trade in conventional arms, provided that those agreements are compatible
with their obligations under this Treaty and do not undermine the objects and purposes of this Treaty.
Article 25
Depositary and Authentic Texts
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the Depositary of this Treaty.
The original text of this Treaty, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian and Spanish texts are
equally authentic.
(Emphasis in bold added by this author for help in analysis)

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