Diplomats and experts gathered today at the United Nations headquarters in New York for a new round of negotiations aimed at developing first binding treaty to regulate the arms trade in the world.
Negotiations starting today, will last until March 28.
General Assembly of the United Nations, in an attempt to put pressure on world powers to reach agreement, said that negotiations are "last attempt" to the treaty.
Talks in July last year ended without any result.
Among the countries there are sharp divisions over eventual treaty.
His supporters want legally binding requirements for countries to review cross-border transfers of weapons and ensure that they are not used for human rights violations or embargoes.
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