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In releasing the report, the Government says"Since 2005 the UK has promoted the moral, humanitarian and developmental case for a legally-binding international Arms Trade Treaty to tackle this trade more effectively. We have already secured broad support for work towards a treaty within the United Nations (153 countries voted in December 2006 to start a UN process in the UN General Assembly). Since then, over 90 countries have submitted specific ideas on the shape and scope of a treaty to the UN Secretary General. The UK will continue to push for an arms trade treaty in the coming years to make it a reality".

Foreign Office Minister, Dr Kim Howells, said: "The Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls was introduced by this Government to enable Parliament and the public to hold us to account. This will be the Government's tenth report (the first was published in 1997). The annual report and our regular in-year quarterly reports are recognised worldwide as models for open and comprehensive presentations of strategic export control policy. We are proud of our defence export licensing system, which is one of the most rigorous in the world."

That, of course, doesn't mean that the UK intends to back down from its very prominent position as a major arms supplier to many countries.

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