II. Limiting the military capabilities of others: developments in arms export control

Chapter:

10. Conventional arms control

Source:

SIPRI Yearbook 2012

Author(s):

Lina Grip, Mark Bromley, Glenn Mcdonald, Pieter D. Wezeman, Noel Kelly, Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Wolfgang Zellner

During 2011 efforts to improve controls over the export of items specially designed, developed or modified for military use included those in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-use Goods and Technologies as well as in the European Union (EU). Meanwhile, ongoing efforts to reduce the risks associated with the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW)—including attempts to improve export controls—continued in the Organization of American States (OAS), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and at the United Nations.