Iran, North Korea, Syria Block UN Arms Trade Treaty

 In a major blow to the international community, Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked the UN treaty to regulate $ 70 billion global arms trade for the first time.

Reports said Friday that three countries have opposed UN treaty, saying that it can not ban the sale of terrorists. However, other countries have refused to allow the UN treaty die.

The adoption contract requires the consent of all 193 UN member states, but some countries have indicated that they would request the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring the final draft to the General Assembly for adoption as soon as possible.

Observers say that the final draft of the treaty on the arms trade in the world can be made on Tuesday.

"This is not a failure," the British ambassador said Joe Adamson. "Today is deferred and reported success in not very long," he added.

For over ten years, activists and some governments insist on international rules governing the estimated U.S. $ 60 billion global arms trade and try to keep illegal guns out of the hands of terrorists, rebel fighters and organized crime.

After two weeks of intense negotiations, many delegates were optimistic that a consensus was at hand, but Iran, North Korea and Syria announced that they could not support the agreement.

Iran and North Korea arms embargo the UN's nuclear program, while Syria is the third year of a conflict that escalated into a civil war.

Amnesty International said that the three countries "horrible human rights -. Having even use weapons against its own citizens"

This was the second attempt in eight months for countries with very different interests behind the arms trade treaty.

Hope to reach an agreement in July were dashed when the United States has said it needed more time to consider the draft treaty - fast motion supported by Russia and China. In December, the General Assembly decided to convene a conference of the final set Thursday as the deadline.

"Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes that an Arms Trade Treaty needs to happen, and welcomes the general desire to get there as soon as possible," spokesman Martin Nesirky said the UN.

Deputy U.S. Representative Dan Mahley said Washington supported the agreement is "fair and balanced" and looks forward to its rapid adoption by the General Assembly.

The Secretary-General did not immediately respond to the request, but expressed deep disappointment at the failure to agree on the text of the treaty.