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General Assembly Distr.: General 9 July 2020 English Original: English/French/Spanish United Nations A/75/152 General Assembly Distr.: General 9 July 2020 English Original: English/French/Spanish Seventy-fifth session Item 103 of the preliminary list* General and complete disarmament United Nations Register of Conventional Arms Report of the Secretary-General Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 71/44, contains information received from Member States on the export and import of conventional arms covered by the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, as well as information on their international transfers of small arms and light weapons, in accordance with the “seven plus one formula” referred to in paragraph 6 (c) of resolution 71/44 and the recommendation contained in paragraph 83 of the report of the Secretary-General, with the assistance of a group of governmental experts, on the continuing operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and its further development (A/71/259). The report also contains background information received from Member States on military holdings and procurement through national production for the calendar year 2019. As at the date of submission of the present report, the Secretary-General had received reports from 31 Governments. In addition, as at the date mentioned above, 17 Member States had replied to the questionnaire circulated by the Office for Disarmament Affairs, pursuant to paragraph 6 (a) of resolution 71/44. * A/75/50. 20-09255 (E) 040820 110920 *2009255* A/75/152 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................... 3 II. Information received from Governments ........................................... 4 A. Index of information submitted by Governments ................................. 4 B. Reports received from Governments ........................................... 5 2/82 20-09255 A/75/152 I. Introduction 1. The present report is the twenty-eighth consolidated report on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms issued by the Secretary-General since the establishment of the Register.1 The General Assembly, in its resolution 71/44, called upon Member States to provide, on an annual basis, data and information on international transfers of major conventional arms covered by the Register, including nil reports, and invited them to provide additional background information on military holdings and procurement through national production of arms. 2. The General Assembly also called upon Member States to submit their views on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development, including on whether the absence of small arms and light weapons as a main category in the Register has limited its relevance and directly affected decisions on participation, by completing a questionnaire that was dispatched by the Secretariat. Furthermore, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue to assist Member States to build capacity to submit meaningful reports and encouraged States in a position to do so to provide assistance for this purpose upon request, including capacity to report on small arms and light weapons using the seven plus one formula. 3. On 31 January 2020, the Secretariat sent a note verbale to Member States requesting them to submit their reports and it circulated to Member States the questionnaire referred to in paragraph 6 (a) of resolution 71/44. The note verbale was followed by email reminders. The replies received are reproduced in section II of the present report. Any national reports and additional information received from Governments after the submission of the present report will be made available in the online database, in the original language of submission. 4. The percentage of Member States using the online reporting tool in filing their national reports with the Register has risen, from 20 per cent in 2012, when the tool was introduced, to more than 99 per cent in 2020. 5. The originals of the submissions by Member States are made available to Governments by the Secretariat. The annual reports and other relevant information on the Register of Conventional Arms are available on the website of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.2 __________________ 1 The first 27 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; A/67/212 and Corr.1–2 and Add.1–2; and A/68/138 and Add.1; A/69/124 and Add.1; A/70/168 and Add.1; A/71/138 and Add.1; A/72/331; A/73/185; and A/74/201. 2 www.un.org/disarmament/unroca. 20-09255 3/82 A/75/152 3 II. Information received from Governments A. Index of information submitted by Governments Background information Procurement International transfers Views on the Data on Data on Military through national of small arms and Register/national State Report received on exports imports holdings production light weapons policies Argentina 17 June 2020 √ √ √ Belgium 2 June 2020 √ √ √ Bulgaria 11 June 2020 √ √ √ China 3 July 2020 √ √ Czechia 26 May 2020 √ √ √ √ √ Estonia 1 July 2020 √ Finland 13 July 2020 √ √ √ √ France 4 June 2020 √ √ Germany 7 May 2020 √ √ √ √ Greece 23 June 2020 √ √ √ Ireland 2 July 2020 √ Italy 2 July 2020 √ √ Japan 1 June 2020 √ √ √ √ √ Kazakhstan 1 June 2020 √ Latvia 30 April 2020 √ √ Liechtenstein 14 May 2020 √ Lithuania 20 May 2020 √ √ √ Mauritius 18 January 2020 Poland 29 May 2020 √ √ √ √ √ Portugal 21 May 2020 √ √ Republic of Moldova 25 May 2020 Romania 9 June 2020 √ √ √ √ Russian Federation 29 May 2020 √ Slovenia 24 March 2020 √ √ Spain 18 May 2020 √ √ √ Sweden 28 May 2020 √ √ √ √ Switzerland 27 May 2020 √ √ √ √ Turkey 2 June 2020 √ √ Ukraine 31 May 2020 √ √ √ Uruguay 13 April 2020 √ __________________ 3 Documents have been reproduced as received; the designations employed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory or areas, or of its authorities. 4/82 20-09255 A/75/152 B. Reports received from Governments Argentina Original language: Spanish Calendar year: 2019 Background information provided: yes Date of submission: 17 June 2020 National points of contact: yes Imports Number State of origin Intermediate Category Exporter State(s) of items (if not exporter) location(s) Description of items Comments on the transfer IV. (a) Combat France 5 Super -Étendard Technical arrangement under the aircraft Agreement between the Minister of Defence of the Argentine Republic and the Minister of Defence of the French Republic on the Transfer of Modernized Super-Étendard Aircraft V. Attack United States 1 Agusta Bell AB 206B General purpose helicopters helicopter Military holdings Number Category of items Description of items Comments on the transfer I. Battle tanks 230 TAM (medium Argentine tank) (Origin: Argentina) Combat vehicles 39 AMX-13 (Exporting State: France) Combat vehicles 115 SK-105 (Exporting State: Austria) Combat vehicles 1 TAM 2C (medium Argentine tank) (Origin: Combat vehicles Argentina) II. Armoured combat vehicles 56 Half-track (Exporting State: United States of Combat vehicles America) 161 TAM (medium Argentine tank) (VCTP-VCTM- Combat vehicles VCPC-VCDT) (Origin: Argentina) 283 M113 armoured personnel carrier (Exporting State: Combat vehicles United States of America) 28 AMX-13 (armoured personnel carriers, artillery fire Combat vehicles control vehicles, armoured command-post vehicles) (Exporting State: France) 127 Panhard; Mowag; Norinco; Glover (Exporting Reconnaissance vehicles States: China, France, Sweden and United Kingdom) 89 M577; M548; M106; LVTP 7 (Exporting State: Armoured tracked amphibious United States of America) landing vehicles (armoured personnel carriers; armoured mortar carriers) III. Large-calibre artillery 24 155 mm AMX self-propelled gun (Exporting State: Armoured artillery systems France) 18 155 mm VCA TAM self-propelled gun Armoured artillery 110 155 mm gun Medium artillery 73 OTO Melara L14 and L10 105 mm howitzer Light artillery (Exporting State: Italy) 20-09255 5/82 A/75/152 Number Category of items Description of items Comments on the transfer 6 155 mm howitzer (Exporting State: United States of Medium artillery America) 20 105 mm howitzer (Exporting State: Italy) Light artillery 338 120 mm mortar (Exporting State: France) Fire support 946 81 mm-81.4 mm mortars (Exporting States: France, Fire support Israel and Spain) IV. (a) Combat aircraft 22 C500; 181E; Merlin III and IV; Cessna 208 Grand General purpose Caravan; Cessna Citation B C550; Diamond DA42; Sabreliner; Cessna T207 (Exporting State: United States of America) 2 3 and 14 pax Twin Otter (Exporting State: Canada) General purpose 3 CASA 212; CASA C-212 Aviocar (Exporting State: General purpose Spain) 16 Super-Étendard (Exporting State: France) Attack 18 Grumman S-2 Tracker; Lockheed; Beechcraft B- Anti-submarine and maritime 200 (Exporting State: United States of America) patrol 1 Fokker F28 (Exporting State: The Netherlands) Logistical support 1 Fairchild PC-6 (Exporting State: Switzerland)
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