Syria, Iran, India, and the NRA

UN set to pass historic arms trade treaty
Despite potential opposition from Syria, Iran and India, world body says agreement on $70bn trade likely to be passed.

The United Nations is nearing agreement on a treaty to regulate the $70bn global conventional arms trade.

The world body's 193 member states received the last revision of the draft treaty ahead of the final day of the drafting conference on Thursday.

Delegates and arms groups say India or Iran could still block the agreement.

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The National Rifle Association, a powerful US pro-gun lobbying group, opposes the treaty and has vowed to fight to prevent its ratification if it reaches Washington. The NRA says the treaty would undermine domestic gun-ownership rights.

The American Bar Association, an attorneys' lobby group, has said that the treaty would not impact the right to bear arms.

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