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United Nations A/67/212 General Assembly Distr.: General 30 July 2012 English Original: English/French/Spanish Sixty-seventh session Item 95 of the provisional agenda* General and complete disarmament United Nations Register of Conventional Arms Report of the Secretary-General Summary The present report, which is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/39, contains information received from Member States on the export and import of conventional arms covered by the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, including “nil” reports, as well as additional background information on military holdings, procurement through national production and international transfers of small arms and light weapons for the calendar year 2011. As of the date of the present report, the Secretary-General has received reports from 28 Governments. * A/67/150. 12-44667 (E) 160812 230812 *1244667* A/67/212 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................... 3 II. Information received from Governments............................................ 4 A. Index of information submitted by Governments................................. 4 B. Reports received from Governments on conventional arms transfers................. 5 III. Information received from Governments on military holdings and procurement through national production ............................................................. 25 IV. Information received from Governments on international transfers of small arms and light weapons ...................................................................... 44 2 12-44667 A/67/212 I. Introduction 1. The present report is the twentieth consolidated report on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms issued by the Secretary-General since the establishment of the Register.* The General Assembly, in paragraphs 2-5 of resolution 66/39, called upon Member States to provide their data and information on international transfers of major conventional arms covered by the Register, including “nil” reports and additional background information, on an annual basis. 2. Pursuant to the recommendations of the 2006 Group of Governmental Experts on the continuing operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and its further development, in 2011 the Register’s database was developed into a user-friendly, map-based web platform allowing for immediate comparison of all data on arms exports and imports submitted since the establishment of the United Nations Register (available from un-register.org). 3. In accordance with the recommendations mentioned above, the Office for Disarmament Affairs also developed an electronic reporting facility for Member States. 4. On 2 May 2012, the Office for Disarmament Affairs sent a note verbale to Member States requesting them to submit their reports no later than 31 May 2012. The replies received are reproduced in sections III and IV below. Any further national reports and additional information received from Governments will be issued as addenda to the present report. 5. The originals of the replies from Member States are available from the Office for Disarmament Affairs. The annual reports and other relevant information on the Register of Conventional Arms are available electronically on the Office’s website, un.org/disarmament/convarms/Register. * The first 19 reports were issued under the following symbols: A/48/344 and Corr.1-3 and Add.1-3; A/49/352 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-4; A/50/547 and Corr.1 and Add.1-4; A/51/300 and Add.1-5; A/52/312 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-4; A/53/334 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-2; A/54/226 and Corr.1 and Add.1-6; A/55/299 and Corr.1 and Add.1-6; A/56/257 and Corr.1 and Add.1-2; A/57/221 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-3; A/58/203 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-2; A/59/193 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-2; A/60/160 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-3; A/61/159 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-3; A/62/170 and Add.1-3; A/63/120 and Add.1-3; A/64/135 and Add.1-3; A/65/133 and Add.1-5; A/66/127 and Corr.1-2. 12-44667 3 A/67/212 II. Information received from Governments A. Index of information submitted by Governments Background information Views on inclusion of Procurement International transfers small arms and Report Data on Data on Military through national of small arms and light light weapons State received on exports imports holdings production weapons in the Register 1. Albania 31.05.2012 X nil 2. Argentina 04.06.2012 X X 3. Australia 08.06.2012 X X 4. Bahamas 08.06.2012 nil nil nil nil nil nil 5. Chile 01.05.2012 X X X X 6. Cyprus 25.04.2012 nil nil nil nil nil nil 7. Czech Republic 30.05.2012 X X 8. Ecuador 11.06.2012 nil nil nil nil nil nil 9. Estonia 04.06.2012 nil nil X 10. Finland 31.05.2012 X X X 11. France 19.07.2012 X nil X X X 12. Germany 06.06.2012 X X X X 13. Greece 04.06.2012 X X X 14. Japan 19.07.2012 nil nil X X X 15. Liechtenstein 01.06.2012 nil nil nil nil nil nil 16 Lithuania 01.06.2012 X X 17. Malaysia 31.05.2012 X X 18. Mozambique 02.03.2012 nil nil nil nil nil nil 19. Netherlands 19.06.2012 X X 20. Norway 12.06.2012 X 21. Poland 25.04.2012 X X X X X 22. San Marino 07.05.2012 nil nil nil nil nil nil 23. Singapore 31.05.2012 X X 24. Slovakia 22.06.2012 X X 25. Slovenia 05.06.2012 nil nil X 26. The former Yugoslav Republic 11.06.2012 nil nil nil nil nil nil of Macedonia 27. United Kingdom 03.07.2012 X X X X 28. Viet Nam 04.06.2012 X 4 12-44667 A/67/212 B. Reports received from Governments on conventional arms transfers Albania Original language: English Calendar year: 2011 Background information provided: no Date of submission: 31 May 2012 National points of contact: yes Exports A B C D E Remarks Final importer Number of State of origin (if Intermediate Category (I-VII) State(s) items not exporter) location (if any) Description of item Comments on transfer III. Large-calibre Burkina Faso 15 Albania Mortars of cal. 82 mm For Burkina Faso artillery systems 12 Mortars of cal. 120 mm armed forces Democratic 200 Albania Montenegro Mortars of cal. 82 mm For Democratic Republic of the Republic of the Congo Congo armed forces Notes: 1. National criteria on transfers: the departure of equipment from the exporter’s territory. 2. All data provided above for conventional arms refer to effective exports realized from 1 January to 31 December 2011. 12-44667 5 A/67/212 Argentina Original language: Spanish Calendar year: 2011 Background information provided: no Date of submission: 24 May 2012 National points of contact: yes Imports A B C D E Remarks Number of State of origin Intermediate Comments on Category (I-VII) Exporter State(s) items (if not exporter) location (if any) Description of item transfer V. Attack helicopters United States 2 Bell 206 B3 Reconnaissance and transport Russian 2 MI 17-1E Transport Federation IV. Combat aircraft United States 1 Boeing 707 Decommissioned France 2 Mirage III Decommissioned Used for training United States 1 Cessna 182 Decommissioned United States 1 Learjet L35 United States 1 Mentor B45 VII. Missiles and missile 3 TOW 2 A launchers IV. Combat aircraft United States 1 Hercules l-100 Put into service December 1982 Russian 7 Sukhoi SU-29 AR Put into service Federation January 1998 United States 1 A-4AR Put into service December 1998 Brazil 1 Tucano Put into service June 1987 6 12-44667 12-44667 Australia Original language: English Calendar year: 2011 Background information provided: yes Date of submission: 8 June 2012 National points of contact: yes Exports A B C D E Remarks Final importer Number of State of origin Intermediate Comments on Category (I-VII) State(s) items (if not exporter) location (if any) Description of item transfer II. Armoured combat United Kingdom 1 United Armoured vehicle for Based on export vehicles Kingdom private collection approvals and not indicative of the actual export Imports A B C D E F Remarks Exporter Number State of origin (if Original equipment Intermediate Category (I-VII) State/territory of items not exporter) manufacturer location (if any) Description of item Comments on transfer IV. Combat aircraft United States 9 Boeing Super Hornets Delivery of 24 Super aircraft finalized December 2011 V. Attack helicopters Europe 3 Eurocopter Armed reconnaissance Airframes assembled helicopter in AS Europe 2 NATO MRH-90 multi-role Airframes assembled Helicopter helicopter in Australia Industries United States 2 Boeing Chinook CH47D Two CH47D aircraft helicopter procured from United States Department of Defense in December 2011 (increased fleet size from 5 to 7) A/67/212 7 A/67/212 8 A B C D E F Remarks Exporter Number State of origin (if Original equipment Intermediate Category (I-VII) State/territory of items not exporter) manufacturer location (if any) Description of item Comments on transfer VI. Warships United 1 United Kingdom Swan Hunter Sydney Amphibious ship — Acquired from the Kingdom Ministry of HMAS Choules United Kingdom Defense Ministry of Defense on 14 October 2011 VII. Missiles and United States Withheld Raytheon Surface to Air: SM2 missile launchers (standard) United States Withheld Raytheon Surface to Air: RIM- 162B (ESSM) United States Withheld Raytheon Air to Surface: AGM- 154 (JSOW) United States Withheld Lockheed United States Air to Surface: AGM- Martin (The missiles 158 (JASSM) have been accepted by the Australian Department of Defense, but they are still physically in the United States) 12-44667 A/67/212 Chile Original language: Spanish Calendar year: 2011 Background information provided: yes Date of submission: 1 May 2012 National points of contact: yes Imports A B C D E Remarks Number of State of origin Intermediate Comments on Category (I-VII) Exporter State(s) items (if not exporter) location (if any) Description of item transfer I.