Editing Clare Short (section)

====Position on the arms trade====
In December 1997, Short signed the UK into the Ottawa Convention, banning the production, handling and use of [[anti-personnel mines]].<ref name="Thomas">Mark Thomas, ''As used on the famous Nelson Mendela; Underground adventures in the arms & torture trade'', Ebury Press, 2006.</ref>

In 2001, she wrote that the "ready availability of small arms has a direct and negative impact upon levels of crime and conflict in developing countries. We (the DFID) are supporting various peace building and disarmament initiatives."<ref name="UK Parliament, 2001">"[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo010207/text/10207w23.htm UK Parliament]". from the UK Parliament.</ref> The following year, she claimed that Britain was "committed to combating small arms availability and misuse."<ref name="UK Parliament, 2002">"[http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020422/text/20422w07 UK Parliament]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}" from the UK Parliament.</ref>