Past activities
14 July 2011, New York, USA
ATT Side-Event: ISACS Module on Controlling International Transfers of SALW
Senior researcher Mark Bromley attended a side-event at the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty organised by the UN Coordinating Action on Small Arms (CASA). The event focussed on one of the International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) which UN CASA is developing. Specifically, the event focussed on the module dealing with 'national controls over the international transfer of small arms and light weapons.' Mark gave a presentation on the module, which he has helped to draft. Read more about the CASA project on ISACS here. Contact Mark Bromley for more information.
13 July 2011, New York, USA
ATT Side-Event: Implementing an ATT
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom and senior researcher Mark Bromley attended a side-event at the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty organised by the Permanent Missions of Norway and Mexico to the United Nations and SIPRI. SIPRI launched a new Policy Paper at the side-event, ‘Implementing an Arms Trade Treaty: Lessons on Reporting and Monitoring from Existing Mechanisms’. Paul and Mark gave presentations on the paper’s main findings with regard to ‘lessons learned’ from reporting to relevant multilateral instruments on arms transfers and transfer controls and options for reporting under an ATT. Contact Paul Holtom or Mark Bromley for more information.
12 July 2011, New York, USA
ATT Side-Event: Implementing an ATT
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom and senior researcher Mark Bromley attended a side-event at the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty organised by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and SIPRI. SIPRI launched two new background papers at the side-event, which considered existing practices and options for states to exercise effective controls over the import, transit and trans-shipment of conventional weapons in order to prevent their diversion from the licit to the illicit arms market. Mark gave a presentation on ‘Import controls in the Arms Trade Treaty’ and Paul gave a presentation on ‘Transit controls in the Arms Trade Treaty’. Contact Paul Holtom or Mark Bromley for more information.
8 July 2011, Brussels, Belgium
EAPC Meeting: SALW and Mine Action
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom attended a meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council’s (EAPC) Ad Hoc Working Group on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and Mine Action. Paul gave a presentation on ‘The international arms trade and the Arms Trade Treaty’. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
2 July 2011, Warsaw, Poland
Informal COARM: EU Common Position and Arms Trade Treaty
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom attended the informal COARM organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland and the EU External Action Service. Paul gave presentations on the ‘2012 Review of the Common Position’ and ‘July 2011 PrepComm for the UN Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty’. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
6 May 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Seminar: Arms Trade Treaty: Perspectives and Implementation issues
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom attended a seminar on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) organised by the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS) and The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). The seminar focused upon issues relating to national and international implementation of an ATT. Paul gave a presentation on 'Compliance: Transparency, reporting and consultation. Read more about the seminar here. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
27-29 April 2011, Montevideo, Uruguay
Seminar on Supporting the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley attended a regional seminar for countries in the Americas and the Caribbean organised by UNIDIR in cooperation with the the European Union (EU) and the government of Uruguay. The seminar was one of a series of such events aimed at supporting the preparatory process leading up to the UN Conference on the arms trade treaty (ATT) in 2012. Mark gave a presentation on arms brokering controls and a future ATT. Read more about the series of seminars here. Contact Mark Bromley for more information.
11-12 April 2011, Stockholm, Sweden
Workshop:'Arms Trade Treaty: Contentious issues'
The SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme co-organised a two-day workshop with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss some of the contentious and complex issues for an ATT. Individual sessions at the workshop covered the following topics: international perspectives on the current state of play and challenges ahead; scope; criteria; national implementation; reporting, review and monitoring; and international cooperation and assistance. Participants included representatives of a number of Swedish government agencies and international experts from Australia, France, the UK and the USA. The Director of the Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, chaired several of the sessions at the workshop and senior researcher Mark Bromley provided a kick-off presentation for the session on national implementation. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
21-22 March 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Seminar on Elements, Options and Challenges of a Future Arms Trade Treaty
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley participated in a seminar organized by the Geneva Forum, which brought together representatives from governments, research institutions and international organizations to exchange views on key substantive elements of the ongoing arms trade treaty negotiations. Mark gave a short presentation on 'Transparency, reporting and information exchange'. Read more about the Geneva Forum here. Contact Mark Bromley for more information.
17 March 2011, Stockholm, Sweden
Seminar: International arms transfers: new data, trends and analysis
SIPRI Director Bates Gill and the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme presented a briefing on the current trends and developments in international arms transfers for the Stockholm diplomatic community. The arms transfers programme presented general trends in international arms transfers and developments in Asia and Oceania, the Middle East and North Africa and South America. Contact Stephanie Blenckner for more information.
18-19 February 2011, Nicosia, Cyprus
Seminar: Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons – Responsibilities, Challenges and Opportunities for Middle Eastern and North African States
SIPRI Senior Researcher Pieter Wezeman attended a seminar aimed at raising awareness amongst parliamentarians from North Africa and the Middle East about the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons. The meeting was organized by the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons and the House of representatives of Cyprus. Pieter gave a presentation about the concerns and responsibilities related to transfers of small arms and light weapons to and from the Middle East and North Africa. Contact Pieter Wezeman for more information.
13-15 January 2011, Ditchley Park, UK
Small arms: Is control possible?
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, attended the Ditchley Foundation conference 'Small arms: Is control possible? in the UK. The conference addressed international processes relating to small arms, with in-depth discussions of issues relating to the supply of small arms, international cooperation and armed violence and development. Paul chaired a working group on international cooperation. Read more about the event here. For more information, contact Dr. Paul Holtom.
29 November 2010, Brussels, Belgium
Conference: Export controls and the European defence market: can effectiveness be combined with responsibility?
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley attended a conference on export controls and the European defence market organised by the Flemish Peace Institute, the Strategic Goods Control Unit of the Flemish Department of Foreign Affairs, the Groupe de Recherche et d’Information sur la Paix et la Sécurité (GRIP) and SIPRI, with the support of the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council. Mark made a presentation on the question of whether the EU’s Common Position on arms exports has led to a harmonization of member states’ arms export control policies. Read more about the event here. For more information, contact Mark Bromley.
26 November 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, SIPRI
SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme seminar: The Supply of Arms in a Theoretical Perspective
SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme intern Lucie Béraud-Sudreau gave a presentation on theoretical approaches to arms exports. The aim of the presentation was to consider the application of the three major paradigms of international relations theories to arms exports as part of a process to understand why states supply arms. For more information, contact Lucie Béraud-Sudreau.
23-24 November 2010, Belgrade, Serbia
Regional Arms Exports Information Exchange Process
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley attended a workshop organised by the South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). The workshop brought together government officials from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia to discuss issues relating to arms export controls. Mark presented the results of a SEESAC commissioned study on the production of national and regional reports on arms exports by EU member states and states in south eastern Europe. Read more about the event here. For more information, contact Mark Bromley.
17-18 November 2010, Kyiv, Ukraine
Regional Seminar on Arms Export Control
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, attended a EU COARM Regional Seminar on Arms Export Control in Kyiv. The seminar was funded by the European Union and organized by the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) in cooperation with the government of Ukraine. Paul chaired a workshop session on outreach to industry. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
15-16 November 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
Shaping, Fine-Tuning and Finalising International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS)
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley attended a workshop in Geneva Switzerland focused on revising and developing the International Small Arms Control Standards (ISCACS). The ISACS project is being led by the UN Coordination Action on Small Arms (UN CASA) and aims to develop a set of internationally accepted and validated standards that provide clear and comprehensive guidance to practitioners and policy-makers on small arms and light weapons (SALW) control. Mark is drafting the module on 'National controls over the international transfer of SALW'. Read more about the ISCAS project here. For more information, contact Mark Bromley.
12 November 2010, Helsinki, Finland
Briefing on Russia-China relations
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, gave a briefing on Russian-Chinese military technical cooperation to the Finnish Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The briefing considered the reasons offered by Chinese and Russian analysts for the recent decline in deliveries of major conventional weapons from Russia to China and prospects for further cooperation. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
4 November 2010, Chile
Taller binacional Chile-Argentina analizó transparencia en gastos
militares [Chile-Argentina Bi-national Workshop discussing transparency
in military spending]
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley attended an inter-governmental workshop in Santiago Chile jointly organised by the govenments of Chile and Argentina. The workshop focused on the development of improved mechanisms of transparency and information sharing in the field of military spending in South America. Mark made a presentation of SIPRI data on military spending and arms acquisitions within South America and presented options for improving transparency in these areas. Read more about the event here. For more information, contact Mark Bromley.
3 November 2010, Moscow, Russia
Presentation on the international arms trade
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, gave a presentation on 'The international arms trade and the export policies and practices of the EU-27' to the Russian Federal Service on Military-Technical Cooperation. The presentation outlined current trends in the international arms trade, focusing in particular on efforts to harmonise the export policies of EU member states. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
28-30 September 2010, Boston
Boston Symposium on the Arms Trade Treaty
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, gave a presentation on ‘Transparency’ at an informal working lunch during the Boston Symposium on the Arms Trade Treaty. The Symposium was hosted by the John Joseph Moakley Chair of Peace and Reconciliation of the McCormack Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and co-sponsored by the governments of Australia, Austria and Luxembourg. For more information on the Symposium and to download the background paper on ‘Transparency’ click here. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
July 29, Stockholm, Sweden
ICCEES VIII World Congress 2010
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, gave a presentation on ‘Russian arms transfers to China’ on 29 July 2010 during the ICCEES VIII World Congress 'Eurasia: Prospects for Wider Cooperation' in Stockholm. The presentation addressed recent trends in Russian arms transfers to China and Russian concerns relating to copying and competition with China on the international arms market. For more information on the ICCEES VIII World Congress 'Eurasia: Prospects for Wider Cooperation' click here. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
15 July 2010, New York, USA
Seminar ‘Reporting on conventional arms transfers’
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, gave a
presentation on ‘Reporting on conventional arms transfers’ at a
side-event in the context of discussing an ATT on the UN Register of
Conventional Arms, during the first Arms Trade Treaty Preparatory
Committee. The side-event was organised by the United Nations Office
for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). The session discussed trends in
reporting to the UN Register, questions regarding the relevance of the
Register and potential lessons for discussions towards an Arms Trade
Treaty.
Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
July 5 2010, The Hague, The Netherlands
Seminar 'The Possibilities of an International Arms Trade Treaty
SIPRI senior fellow Siemon T. Wezeman participated in a seminar hosted by Clingendael and the Dutch MoFA on 'The possibilities of an International ATT' on Monday 5 July 2010 in The Hague (NL). He gave a presentation on recent trends in arms transfers and commented, based on experiences with past trade, on the needs for as well as problems and opportunities of an ATT. Contact Siemon T. Wezeman for more information.
Jun 29-30 2010, Cairo, Egypt
Symposium ‘Towards an Arms Trade Treaty’
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, gave a presentation on ‘An ATT and the UN Register of Conventional Arms’ at the symposium ‘Towards an Arms Trade Treaty’, which was co-organised by the League of Arab States and the UN Institute of Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). The symposium examined the views and opinions of Arab States with regard to discussions on an ATT and also facilitated an exchange of views between League of Arab States members and international experts.Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
Jun 15-16 2010, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Regional Seminar on Arms Export Control
SIPRI Researcher Mark Bromley attended a Regional Seminar on Arms Export Control in Sarajevo. The seminar was funded by the European Union and organized by the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) in cooperation with the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and focussed on implementing the EU Common Position defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment. Mark gave a presentation on implementing the criteria of the Common Position. Contact Mark Bromley for more information.
Jun 3 2010, Washington D.C., USA
An Arms Race in Our Hemisphere? Discussing the Trends and Implications of Military Expenditures in South America
SIPRI Researcher, Mark Bromley, spoke at an event entitled 'An Arms Race in Our Hemisphere? Discussing the Trends and Implications of Military Expenditures in South America'. Co-organised by the Brookings Institute and the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, the event examined the drivers behind the recent increases in arms acquisitions and military spending in South America and the potential implications for regional security and US foreign policy. For details of the event, click here. Contact Mark Bromley for more information.
Jun 2 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, SIPRI.
New SIPRI Yearbook 2010 launched
The 2010 SIPRI Yearbook is launched. Read the press release here. Have a look at the sample chapters and short summary here. SIPRI will hold SIPRI Yearbook Issue Seminar on nuclear non-proliferation on 7 June. Read more.
Jun 2 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, SIPRI.
The Financial Value of global arms sales, new figures for 2009
According to the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, the countries that produce official data on their arms exports account for over 90% of the total volume of deliveries of major conventional weapons. By adding together the financial value of their arms exports, it is possible to arrive at a rough estimate of the financial value of the global arms trade. SIPRI researchers have recently updated the information, now also covering 2008. The figures are available here.
Jun 2 2010 , Brussels, Belgium
EU responses to drivers of Contemporary Conflict: The arms trade and proliferation of small arms
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, gave a briefing on ‘EU responses to drivers of Contemporary Conflict: The arms trade and proliferation of small arms’ to the European Foundation Centre and the Peace and Security Funders Group joint event: ‘Peace and Security Policy Briefing: A view from Europe’. The event was supported by Berghof Foundation for Confict Studies, Fondation Charles Leopold Mayer, Forum for a New World Governance and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. For details of the event, click here. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
May 25 2010, Podgorica, Montenegro
Presentation on Control of Arms Brokering
At an industry outreach seminar in Podgorica, Montenegro, organised by the Ministry of Economy of Montenegro and SEESAC, Director of the Arms Transfers Programme Dr. Paul Holtom gave a presentation on 'The experience of EU countries as regards arms brokering'. The event, 'Export controls of controlled goods', was attended by Montenegrin government officials and arms industry representatives. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for further information.
May 12-14 2010, Accra, Ghana
Workshop on Small Arms Control in West Africa
At an event in Accra, Ghana, organized by UNREC, ECOWAS and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, SIPRI Researcher Mark Bromley gave a presentation on current international initiatives and strategies for improving existing export control regimes. The event, 'Beyond the ECOWAS Convention: Assessing the International Dimension to Small Arms Control in West Africa', was attended by parliamentarians from across West Africa. Contact Mark Bromley for further information.
15 Mar 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, SIPRI.
Recent Trends in Arms Transfers 2009
On 15 March 2010, the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database was updated, making available information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the end of 2009. More information and the data are available here.
11 Mar 2010, Brussels, Belgium
Provision of arms to rebel groups in Sudan - expanding the EU’s arms embargo on Chad?
SIPRI researcher Pieter Wezeman acted as facilitator in a panel discussion about the 'provision of arms to rebel groups in Sudan - expanding the EU’s arms embargo on Chad?' at an international conference about the EU’s support for peace in Chad and Sudan organized by Arbeitsgruppe Tschad/Groupe Tchad. For more information contact Pieter Wezeman.
11 Feb 2010, Vienna, Austria
Overview of Arms Transfers: globally and in the region
Presentation held at the Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty Conference, organised by UNIDIR and the European Union in Vienna, Austria by Paul Holtom.
For more information contact Paul Holtom.
11 Feb 2010, Vienna, Austria
From regional to global – discussions, recommendations and ideas to support the UN process
Presentation held at the Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty Conference, organised by UNIDIR and the European Union in Vienna, Austria by Mark Bromley.
For more information contact Mark Bromley.
