16 May 2013 - On 16 May, Saferworld and the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association held a day-long seminar in Beijing on The Next Steps of the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The seminar, which was held under the aegis of the Africa-China-EU Expert Working Group (EWG) on Conventional Arms Control, was attended by 65 participants from various backgrounds, including members of the Africa-China-EU EWG, Chinese think tanks and scholars, government and military officials, representatives of the Chinese defence industry, officials from European Union (EU) Member States and Africa, as well as Chinese diplomats and Beijing-based foreign diplomats, including from the EU Delegation. The seminar included keynote speeches and commentaries by leading figures and senior experts in conventional arms controls; four individual sessions were followed by question-and-answer periods.

Read the seminar report here.