U.N. arms treaty

After Obama win, U.S. backs new U.N. arms treaty talks

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS | Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:48pm EST

(Reuters) - Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee's call on Wednesday to renew debate over a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade.
U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July largely because Obama feared attacks from Republican rival Mitt Romney if his administration was seen as supporting the pact, a charge Washington denies.