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Implementing an Arms Trade Treaty cover imageImplementing an Arms Trade Treaty: Lessons on Reporting and Monitoring from Existing Mechanisms

SIPRI Policy Paper no. 28

In 2012 the United Nations will convene a conference to negotiate an arms trade treaty (ATT). The resulting treaty is expected to legally obligate states to provide information on their arms transfers and transfer control systems. By highlighting the challenges that states face when reporting to existing mechanisms, providing constructive solutions and emphasizing the positive contributions to be made by non-governmental organizations, this report lays the foundation for a relevant and robust ATT reporting mechanism.

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SIPRI Yearbook
SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security SIPRI Yearbook 2010: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security SIPRI Yearbook 2009: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security

The SIPRI Yearbook is known worldwide as an authoritative and independent source for politicians, diplomats, journalists and analysts seeking insight on issues of armaments and arms control, armed conflicts and conflict resolution, security arrangements and disarmament, as well as the most important longer-term trends in international security.

SIPRI monographs
Governing the Bomb: Civilian Control and Democratic Accountability of Nuclear Weapons Humanitarian Military Intervention: The Conditions for Success and Failure Budgeting for the Military Sector in Africa: The Processes and Mechanisms of Control

SIPRI monographs are the result of long-term, considered research and aim to set the standard for future research on their subject. They present findings and analysis reflecting the full spectrum of SIPRI research. Authors include both SIPRI researchers and respected academics and practitioners.

SIPRI Research Reports
Enforcing European Union Law on Exports of Dual-Use Goods, SIPRI Research Report no. 24 Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict: Ideological and Structural Aspects, SIPRI Research Report no. 23 Reforming Nuclear Export Controls: The Future of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, SIPRI Research Report no. 22

SIPRI Research Reports is a series of reports on urgent arms control and security subjects. The reports are concise and authoritative sources of information. SIPRI researchers and commissioned experts present new findings as well as easily accessible collections of official documents and data.

SIPRI Policy Papers
Maritime Transport and Destabilizing Commodity Flows, SIPRI Policy Paper no. 32 Transparency in Military Spending and Arms Acquisitions in Latin America and the Caribbean, SIPRI Policy Paper no. 31 Arms Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa, SIPRI Policy Paper no. 30

SIPRI Policy Papers is a series of timely reports, with policy recommendations, on topical arms control and security issues.

SIPRI Insights
New social media and conflict in Kyrgyzstan, SIPRI Insights no. 2011/1 The limitations of European Union reports on arms exports, SIPRI Insights no. 2010/5 China and nuclear arms control: current positions and future policies, SIPRI Insights no. 2010/4

SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security give brief overviews and research findings on recent developments in peace and security.

Other SIPRI publications
Handbook of Applied Biosecurity for Life Science Laboratories The Effectiveness of Foreign Military Assets in Natural Disaster Response United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour
Policy Brief cover Arms transfers to Central, North and West Africa, SIPRI Backgound Paper Fact Sheet cover

In total, SIPRI has published over 300 books, reports, fact sheets, background papers and policy briefs since its first book appeared in 1969.

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SIPRI Yearbook 2011

Maritime Transport and Destabilizing Commodity Flows, SIPRI Policy Paper

Chronology of armaments, disarmament and international security 2011, SIPRI Fact Sheet

Transparency in Military Spending and Arms Acquisitions in Latin America and the Caribbean, SIPRI Policy Paper

Arms Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa, SIPRI Policy Paper

Budgetary priorities in Latin America: military, health and education spending, SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security

Towards a Regional Security Regime for the Middle East, Report of the SIPRI Middle East Expert Group, new edition

Israeli arms transfers to sub-Saharan Africa, SIPRI Background Paper

China's Energy and Security Relations with Russia, SIPRI Policy Paper

New social media and conflict in Kyrgyzstan, SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security

Implementing an Arms Trade Treaty, SIPRI Policy Paper

Transit and trans-shipment controls in an arms trade treaty, SIPRI Background Paper

Import controls and an arms trade treaty an arms trade treaty, SIPRI Background Paper

Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, SIPRI Policy Paper

Reporting to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, SIPRI Fact Sheet

National reports on arms exports, SIPRI Fact Sheet

Arms transfers to Zimbabwe, SIPRI Background Paper

Trends in international arms transfers, 2010, SIPRI Fact Sheet

Ukrainian arms supplies to sub-Saharan Africa, SIPRI Background Paper

South African arms supplies to sub-Saharan Africa, SIPRI Background Paper

Governing the Bomb, SIPRI monograph