Campaign Against the Arms Trade
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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK non-governmental organisation that campaigns against the international arms trade. It was set up in 1974 by a number of peace and other organisations who were concerned about the growth in the arms trade following the Middle East war of 1973. It is a broad coalition of groups and individuals in the UK working to end the international arms trade. CAAT claims that this trade has a negative effect on humans rights and security as well as on global, regional and local economic development. In seeking to end it CAAT's priorities are to:
- end government subsidies and support for arms exports;
- end exports to oppressive regimes;
- end exports to countries involved in an armed conflict or region of tension;
- end exports to countries whose social welfare is threatened by military spending;
- support measures, both in the UK and internationally, which will regulate and reduce the arms trade and lead to its eventually end.
- "The work of Campaign Against Arms Trade is really great and uplifting. I wish we had something comparable in the U.S." - Noam Chomsky
Contact
11 Goodwin St
London
N4 3HQ
Tel: +44-(0)20 7281 0297
Fax: +44-(0)20 7281 4369
