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"Madam President, over recent years, the international arms trade has grown further, and the countries of the European Union can once again claim a dubious success: at 34%, they have the leading share of the trade. Many of these exports go to countries with – and I word this carefully – a dubious human rights record, and into conflict areas. That is why there needs to be a complete ban on arms trading, especially in relation to conflict regions.
The current negotiations at UN level on an Arms Trade Treaty represent a step in the right direction. We continue to hope that the treaty will not later turn out to be a paper tiger as toothless as previous agreements. For that reason, following a successful conclusion of the treaty, implementation needs to remain on the political agenda consistently. The constructive, cross-group cooperation on the current resolution is a good sign, and one that I am pleased about.
It is therefore all the more disappointing that we were unable to avoid the positive reference to the arms industry in paragraph 2 of the resolution. Aside from the moral aspects, I would like to point out that studies have concluded beyond doubt that the influence of military expenditure on jobs is very low in comparison with other public spending. Rather than jobs, it is mostly about ensuring the profits of this branch of industry, the more so given that disarmament and conversion could promote sustainable development, growth and jobs."@en1
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