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Conventional weapons issues
Of the countries that reported their transfers, 49 included transfers
of SALW. The percentage of reports containing additional background
information on SALW transfers was 57 per cent (see figure I). Meanwhile,
figure II shows a breakdown by region of reports containing information on
transfers of SALW. The continued high reporting level on small arms confirms
the relevance of including transfers of SALW in the Register, however the
portion of national reports with data on SALW declined slightly in 2011.
The information provided by States on international transfers of SALW is
presented in annex II to this chapter.
Despite the turnaround in the overall participation in the Register in
2011, regional disparities remained a serious obstacle to achieving universal
participation (see table 1). Of the 86 reports received in 2011, 2 came from
Africa (out of 53 States), 19 from Asia and the Pacific (out of 53 States), 16
from Latin America and the Caribbean (out of 33 States), 21 from Eastern
Europe (out of 23 States) and 28 from Western Europe and other States (out
of 30 States). The percentage of reporting States in each region throws the
regional disparities in sharp contrast. Submissions came from 4 per cent of the
African States, 36 per cent of the Asian and Pacific States and 48 per cent of
the Latin American and Caribbean States. In comparison, 91 per cent of the
Eastern European States and 93 per cent of the Western European and other
States reported to the Register in 2011. Such regional disparities also applied
to reporting on transfers of SALW. In 2011, out of the 49 reports containing
information on SALW transfers, none came from Africa (0 per cent of States
in the region), 4 from Asia and the Pacific (8 per cent of States in the region),
9 from Latin America and the Caribbean (27 per cent of States in the region),
15 from Eastern Europe (65 per cent of States in the region), and 21 from
Western Europe and other States (70 per cent of States in the region).
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