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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
to support States in developing expertise to implement effective arms transfer controls. In
this regard, during the course of the year, the Institute organized the following seminars:
in Casablanca (2 to 4 February) for countries of Central, Northern and Western Africa; in
Montevideo (27 to 29 April) for countries of Latin America and the Caribbean; and in Bali
(6 to 8 June) for countries of East Asia and the Pacific.
Export controls
Wassenaar Arrangement
The seventeenth plenary meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies was held in
Vienna from 13 to 14 December. 115 This meeting concluded the fourth assessment
undertaken by the Arrangement to carry out a review and evaluation of its overall
functioning and contribution to regional and international security and stability. Since
the last assessment in 2007, the Arrangement attempted to keep pace with advances in
technology and market trends, and continued its effort to contribute to international and
regional security and stability. Its plenary adopted “Best Practices Guidelines on Internal
Compliance Programmes for Dual-use Goods and Technologies”; 116 “Best Practices
Guidelines on Subsequent Transfer (Re-export) Controls for Conventional Weapons
Systems”; 117 “Revised Elements for Objective Analysis and Advice concerning Potentially
Destabilising Accumulations of Conventional Weapons”; 118 and “Elements for Controlling
Transport of Conventional Arms between Third Countries”, 119 and introduced a number of
amendments to the control lists. 120
In 2011, Participating States of the Wassenaar Arrangement continued efforts to
make the existing control lists more user-friendly and readily understood by licensing
authorities and exporters, and to ensure the detection and denial of undesirable exports.
Efforts were undertaken to promote the Arrangement and to encourage voluntary
adherence to its standards by non-participating States. The Arrangement continued to
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115 The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods
and Technologies was established on the basis of the Initial Elements adopted in July 1996 (see
www.wassenaar.org/). Meetings are normally held in Vienna, where the Arrangement is based. Currently
the Participating States of the Wassenaar Arrangement are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Slovakia, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States.
116 Available from http://www.wassenaar.org/guidelines/docs/2%20-%20Internal%20Compliance%20
Programmes.pdf (accessed 2 June 2012).
117 Available from http://www.wassenaar.org/guidelines/docs/3%20-%20Re-export.pdf (accessed 2 June
2012).
118 Available from http://www.wassenaar.org/guidelines/docs/1%20-%20Elements%20for%20Objective%20
Analysis.pdf (accessed 2 June 2012).
119 Available from http://www.wassenaar.org/guidelines/docs/4%20-%20Elements%20for%20Controlling%20
Transportation%20of%20Conventional%20Arms.pdf (accessed 2 June 2012).
120 Wassenaar Arrangement, “Control Lists—Current: Lists of Dual Use Goods and Technologies and
Munitions List”. Available from http://www.wassenaar.org/controllists/index.html (accessed 2 June 2012).