Arms Transfer Researcher: Mark Bromley
Funder: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and
South-Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearing House for the Control of
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)
Timeline: Jun. 2009 - Nov. 2009
The production of a regional annual report on arms exports is intended to help to consolidate the gains in transparency that have already been made in the region, while also demonstrate an ability and willingness to uphold the commitments associated with the Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment.
The report is a practical example of successful co-operation within the framework of the Regional Co-operation Council (RCC). Moreover the report is evidence of the existing administrative capacity in the region and the desire to further comply with EU policies in the field of export controls.
The present report contains detailed information on arms exports of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia during 2007. The methods of data collection and reporting format are based on those of the EU Annual Report on Arms Exports.
