Wassenaar Arrangement 20 th Anniversary Practical Workshop Vienna

Wassenaar Arrangement 20 th Anniversary Practical Workshop Vienna, 27 -28 June 2015 What is the Wassenaar Arrangement? Ambassador Philip Griffiths Head of Secretariat www. wassenaar. org 1

WA PURPOSES To contribute to regional and international security and stability by: § Promoting transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods & Technologies, thus preventing destabilising accumulations; § Preventing acquisition by terrorists. Wassenaar Arrangement 2

WA BASIC COMMITMENTS § Effective Export Controls at the National Level § Munitions List § Dual-Use List § Information Exchange § General & Specific § Assists licensing and enforcement officers Wassenaar Arrangement 3

WA HISTORY n 19 December 1995 - Agreement to establish the Wassenaar Arrangement at a High-Level Meeting at Wassenaar, the Netherlands n Agreement to locate the Secretariat in Vienna n 12 -13 December 1996 – First Plenary Meeting of operational WA held in Vienna with 33 founding members Wassenaar Arrangement 4

41 WA PARTICIPATING STATES Wassenaar Arrangement 5

WHERE DOES THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT FIT? Conventional arms & related goods & technologies WA: Wassenaar Arrangement (Conventional) AG: Australia Group (Chemical & Biological) MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime (Missiles) NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group (Nuclear) ZC: Zangger Committee (Nuclear) WMD and means of delivery non-proliferation Wassenaar Arrangement 6

WA STRUCTURE Plenary Overall decision-making body, 2016 Chair Finland General Working Group Policy and administrative issues, 2016 Chair Sweden Experts Group Control Lists, 2015 -2016 Chair Lithuania Licensing and Enforcement Officers Meeting Practical implementation, 2016 Chair Norway Wassenaar Arrangement 7

WA CONTROL LISTS § Munitions List (approx. 300 entries): § Components, accessories, ammunition, production equipment, etc. § Dual-Use List (approx. 1, 000 entries): § § § Sensitive List (170 entries) Very Sensitive List (80 entries) “Catch-all” - Non-listed dual-use items Wassenaar Arrangement 8

TRANSPARENCY – INFORMATION EXCHANGE & REPORTING General Information Exchange § § To develop common understandings of risks To assess the scope for policy coordination Specific Information Exchange § National reporting requirements – certain transfers and all dual-use denials WAIS – dedicated secure electronic network Wassenaar Arrangement 9

BEST PRACTICES GUIDELINES, ELEMENTS & PROCEDURES § Non-binding guidance for national implementation of export controls § Available on the WA website § Licensing and Enforcement Officers exchange implementation experiences Wassenaar Arrangement 10

BEST PRACTICES GUIDELINES For example: § Elements for Effective Legislation on Arms Brokering (2003) § Implementing Intangible Transfers of Technology Controls (2006) § Internal Compliance Programmes for Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (2011) § Subsequent Transfer (Re-export) Controls for Conventional Weapons Systems (2011) § Introduction to End User/End Use Controls for Exports of Military-List Equipment (2014) Wassenaar Arrangement 11

RECENT WA GUIDELINES OUTCOMES § Best Practice Guidelines for Transit or Transshipment: § § List of tools to help identify and mitigate risk of illicit diversion Elements for the Effective Fulfilment of National Reporting Requirements Wassenaar Arrangement 12

OUTREACH § Collective briefings § Bilateral dialogue/visits § International conferences, including industry/ academia § Other relevant organisations § Modernised WA website Wassenaar Arrangement 13

ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) • Wide-spread international acceptance of the need for export controls on conventional arms • Goals of the ATT align with those of the WA • WA members ready to share their experience and expertise with other states Wassenaar Arrangement 14

OTHER WORK IN 2016 § Internal Assessment of the WA’s overall effectiveness and efficiency § WA’s 20 th Anniversary § Practical Workshop for non-WA countries, 27 -28 June § Special commemorative event at Plenary, 6 December § Repackaging of public documents and outreach tools Wassenaar Arrangement 15

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