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Book SynopsisA report published by Amnesty International, IANSA, and Oxfam, for the Control Arms campaign. Published in association with Project Ploughshares, and SaferworldEvery state has a right to self-defence, under Article 51 of the UN Charter. However, the UN Charter also requires all member states to ''promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and freedoms'' in order to achieve ''economic and social progress and development'' (Articles 1, 55 and 56) and ''to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world''s human and economic resources'' (Article 26). The countries of Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East hold 51 per cent of the world''s heavy weapons. Excessive or inappropriate arms purchases are a drain on social and economic resources which developing countries simply cannot afford. The Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved without addressing the issue of sustaina
