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Anna Macdonald

Head of Arms Control at Oxfam and has worked on the campaign for an Arms Trade Treaty for 10 years

Anna Macdonald is Head of Arms Control at Oxfam, and has worked on the Arms Trade Treaty since 2002, representing Oxfam at many conferences on the arms trade internationally. She has worked with people affected by conflict in many of Oxfam's programs around the world. She is co-chair of the global Control Arms Coalition, and led the coalition team of 160 advocates during the Final ATT negotiations. This post is the text of the speech she gave on behalf of the Control Arms Coalition at the opening panel of the Signing Ceremony.

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