Oxfam and Amnesty International are urging the New Zealand Government to make sure there are no further delays in negotiating an arms trade treaty.
New Zealand is attending working groups in New York this week to work towards the commencement of negotiations for a treaty.
It has been almost three years since the United Nations agreed to discuss a treaty.
Oxfam says thousands of people are killed, injured and raped as a result of the global arms trade.
The agency says New Zealand can play a role in ensuring negotiations on a treaty begin without delay.
