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On 6 September 2022, in her address, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu highlighted two areas where the United Nations has a strong role to play in fostering international cooperation on strategic trade controls.

“First, in the area of conventional arms, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) has been an important achievement,” she said. However, the Arms Trade Treaty is still far from universal, she added. “Key arms producing, exporting and importing countries remain outside the Treaty.”

Second, the United Nations has a central role to play in assisting States to prevent non-State actors from acquiring weapons of mass destruction, Ms. Nakamitsu highlighted. “Security Council resolution 1540 of 2004 has proven to be an effective and universally accepted framework that has enabled States to work together to accomplish their non-proliferation goals,” she said.