1. Wassenaar Arrangement 20th Anniversary Practical Workshop
Vienna, June 2015
What is the Wassenaar Arrangement?
Ambassador Philip Griffiths
Head of Secretariat

2. 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.
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3. Wassenaar Arrangement
WA BASIC COMMITMENTS
Effective Export Controls at the National Level
Munitions List
Dual-Use List
Information Exchange
General & Specific
Assists licensing and enforcement officers
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4. Wassenaar Arrangement
WA HISTORY
19 December Agreement to establish the Wassenaar Arrangement at a High-Level Meeting at Wassenaar, the Netherlands
Agreement to locate the Secretariat in Vienna
12-13 December 1996 – First Plenary Meeting of operational WA held in Vienna with 33 founding members
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5. 41 WA PARTICIPATING STATES
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6. & related goods & technologies WMD and means of delivery
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
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7. Wassenaar Arrangement
WA STRUCTURE
Plenary Overall decision-making body, 2016 Chair Finland General Working Group Policy and administrative issues, 2016 Chair Sweden Experts Group Control Lists, Chair Lithuania Licensing and Enforcement Officers Meeting Practical implementation, 2016 Chair Norway
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8. Wassenaar Arrangement
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
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9. 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
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10. 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
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11. 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)
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12. RECENT WA GUIDELINES OUTCOMES
Best Practice Guidelines for Transit or Trans- shipment:
List of tools to help identify and mitigate risk of illicit diversion
Elements for the Effective Fulfilment of National Reporting Requirements
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13. Wassenaar Arrangement
OUTREACH
Collective briefings
Bilateral dialogue/visits
International conferences, including industry/ academia
Other relevant organisations
Modernised WA website
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14. 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
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15. Wassenaar Arrangement
OTHER WORK IN 2016
Internal Assessment of the WA’s overall effectiveness and efficiency
WA’s 20th Anniversary
Practical Workshop for non-WA countries, June
Special commemorative event at Plenary, 6 December
Repackaging of public documents and outreach tools
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