America is the only country to have voted against a proposed United Nations treaty aimed at controlling international arms sales.
The proposed treaty, which human rights groups have promoted as a significant move towards keeping small arms out of conflict zones, was endorsed on Tuesday by 15 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, including the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, the South African archbishop.
The resolution was adopted with 139 countries voting in favour of the motion, 24 abstentions and only one
