OAS head wants region to confront 'causes' of illicit firearms trafficking

8 February 2012, 1:37 am

WASHNGTON, DC, USA — Secretary General of the OrganiSation of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, has called on governments of the region to face the causes of the illicit trafficking of firearms as an issue "of the greatest importance" in a continent in which 80 per cent of homicides are committed with this type of weapon.... Read More »

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