Transparency in Armaments in South East Asia: Learning from Three Decades of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms

In recent years the particip ation, such as the short 2013 Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and several key UN documents—such as the time between the request to 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of 2015 and the 2018 Agenda for report and the deadline, staff Disarmament—have added their weight to the need for transparency.2 turnover, and the need for more However, while the value of UNROCA has been hi. [...] The establishment and working of UNROCA Transparency in armaments and the establishment of UNROCA As early as the 1920s, the concept of a mechanism by which all states would regularly submit—and discuss—data on those items of military equipment deemed most related to and responsible for interstate tensions and armed conflict was debated in the framework of the League of Nations.5 After the demise. [...] Average rates of reporting to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms by states in South East Asia, in the rest of Asia and Oceania, and globally, by decade, 1992–2021 Note: The bars show the average share (%) over each decade of states in South East Asia, states in the rest of Asia and Oceania and all UN member states that submitted data on exports or imports of major conventional arms t. [...] Imports of major arms by states in South East Asia, in the rest of Asia and Oceania, and globally, by five-year period, 1978–2022 Note: The bars show the volume of imports of major arms (as defined by SIPRI) for each consecutive 5-year period for states in South East Asia, states in the rest of Asia and Oceania, and all other states. [...] The establishment and working of UNROCA Transparency in armaments and the establishment of UNROCA The goals and scope of UNROCA The reporting requirements of UNROCA Improving and expanding UNROCA The relationship of UNROCA with other instruments III.