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Annan calls for global push to halt spread of arms

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been calling for regional and subregional registers of small arms to complement the international conventional weapons register, which covers major weapons systems. He told a ministerial-level meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Friday that the world must seize every chance to reverse the global spread of light weapons. "Our larger efforts to promote peace and security - whether through conflict prevention, development, diplomacy or, when necessary, intervention - depend to a great extent on how we tackle the smaller, more specific challenges of limiting the tools of war and violence," he said.

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