London cautious about arms trade treaty The Security Council meets at United Nations headquarters in New York. LONDON, July 13 (UPI) -- A British official said there's no point in agreeing on an arms trade treaty that falls short because "there will always be a tomorrow." Alistair Burt, British foreign minister for counter proliferation, told lawmakers it was too early to make any predictions about the outcome of the monthlong debate. There's no point, he said, in embracing a treaty that's ineffective. There will always be a tomorrow. That is important," he said in a statement. Whether or not this is as successful as we want -- it is highly unlikely to be written as we would want it -- there will always be the opportunity of a further process. The United Nations stated that $2.2 billion worth of weapons and ammunition found their way into countries under arms embargoes. Advocacy groups note there are more international regulations regarding the trade of fruit than there are for weapons.