The reactions of the major NGOs to the failure of the arms trade treaty negotiations have been summarised in an article written by IRIN’s South African bureau http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96012/SECURITY-Arms-trade-treaty-failure-not-all-doom-and-gloom (3 August 2012). IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) provides humanitarian news and analysis funded by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.