Wassenaar Arrangement. (Internet: http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/Multilateral/ inter/wasse.htm accessed 24 January 2011.)
Respect for the international obligations and commitments of member states: to enforceaUnited Nations, European Union and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe arms embargoes; the international obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention; the commitment of member states not to export any form of anti-personnel landmine; other international commitments (Australia Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Zangger Committee, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the
Wassenaar Arrangement and The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation)
In December 2003, the
Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (www.wassenaar.org), the first multilateral institution covering conventional weapons and sensitive dual-use goods and technologies, adopted strengthened guidelines for control over MANPADS transfers.
The
Wassenaar Arrangement, the first multilateral arrangement covering conventional weapons and sensitive dual-use goods and technologies, has also upgraded its guidelines for controlling MANPADS transfers.
The
Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls on Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technology was "established in order to contribute to regional and international security and stability, by promoting transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies, thus preventing destabilizing accumulations." Wassenaar establishes a list of military and dual-use commodities, on which its 39 participating states can base their own export control lists.
Another wide-ranging agreement, the
Wassenaar Arrangement, was established on May 12, 1996, replacing the former COCOM (Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls) from the cold war era, to set out international export controls for conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies.
bilateral and multilateral agreements related to arms transfers (e.g., the
Wassenaar Arrangement, the Missile Technology Control Regime).
The rule implements the
Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, approved by the United States and 33 other countries in July 1996 to establish a multilateral export control arrangement.
The final part of the book looks at alternative proposals for reform and provides good summaries of existing arms-control regimes, such as the
Wassenaar Arrangement and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
Finally, Part Two discusses attempts to control dual-use technology exports on an international level during the Cold War era via the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom) and during the post-Cold War era through the
Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Technologies.