United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
The United Nations Register of Conventional Arms was established on 1 January 1992 pursuant to General Assembly resolution
46/36 L, entitled "Transparency in armaments".All Member States are called upon to provide annually for the Register data on imports and exports of conventional arms in the seven categories covered under the Register. Consolidated reports containing the submitted data have been issued annually since 1993.
Member States are also invited, pending the expansion of the Register, to provide to the Secretary-General, with their annual report on imports and exports of arms, available background information regarding their military holdings, procurement through national production and relevant policies.
The Register is intended to be global in nature and voluntary in character. Its aim is to promote enhanced levels of transparency in armaments, thereby contributing to confidence-building measures, promoting stability and strengthening global and regional peace and security, at the same time taking into account the legitimate security needs of states and the principle of undiminished security at the lowest possible level of armaments.
Data and information submitted by Governments to the Register for the calendar year 1996
Index of background information provided by Governments for the calendar year 1996
United Nations General Assembly resolutions on transparency in armaments
