Oxfam’s Anna Macdonald addresses the UN about the arms trade and development

March 7, 2011 by IPB

“There continues to be little transparency in the development of military budgets, and open, transparent conversations in parliaments and legislatures around the world. Defence and security budgets remain shrouded in secrecy, while ever-shrinking resource envelopes are allocated for national investment in poverty-reduction strategies, infrastructure, and social programming…”

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