Arms supplied by the world's major powers are among those contributing to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and blighting the livelihoods of millions of people every year, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published just days before final negotiations on a global Arms Trade Treaty open at the United Nations.
Between them, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA - are responsible for over half of the almost US$100 billion total annual global trade in conventional weapons.
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