United Nations A/74/201 General Assembly Distr.: General 19 July 2019 English Original: English/Russian/Spanish Seventy-second session Item 100 (g) of the provisional agenda* General and complete disarmament: transparency in armaments 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 additional background information received from Member States on military holdings and procurement through national production for the calendar year 2018. As at the date of submission of the present report, the Secretary-General has received reports from 33 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/74/150. 19-12417 (E) 010819 210819 *1912417* A/74/201 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 2/100 19-12417 A/74/201 I. Introduction 1. The present report is the twenty-seventh 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 General 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 6 February 2019, 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, tweets and reminders on the website of the Office for Disarmament Affairs. 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 over 85 per cent in 2019. 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 Register of Conventional Arms. 2 6. Since the questionnaire mentioned in paragraph 2 above was first circulated in 2017, the following 17 Member States have submitted replies to the Secretariat: Argentina, Bhutan, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Netherlands, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine. 7. Pursuant to the request contained in paragraph 6 (b) of resolution 71/44, the Secretary-General convened a group of governmental experts on the continuing operation and relevance of the Register and its further development. The Group held three sessions of work, 3 which culminated with a consensus report that will be transmitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. __________________ 1 The first 26 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; and A/73/185. 2 www.unroca.org. 3 The first session was held from 11 to 15 March 2019 in Geneva, the second session was held from 15 to 18 April 2019 in New York and the third session was held from 17 to 21 June 2019 in Geneva. 19-12417 3/100 A/74/201 4 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/ State Report received on exports imports holdings production light weapons national policies Australia 31 May 2019 √ √ √ Belarus 16 April 2019 √ √ Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 February 2019 √ √ Brazil 4 April 2019 √ √ Bulgaria 31 May 2019 √ √ √ Canada 31 May 2019 √ √ √ √ Cyprus 31 May 2019 Czechia 31 May 2019 √ √ √ √ √ Dominican Republic 30 May 2019 Germany 28 May 2019 √ √ √ √ √ Greece 13 June 2019 √ √ √ Italy 24 May 2019 √ √ √ Japan 29 May 2019 √ √ √ √ √ Latvia 8 May 2019 √ √ Liechtenstein 24 May 2019 √ Lithuania 31 May 2019 √ √ √ √ Luxembourg 5 June 2019 √ Mauritius 18 January 2019 Netherlands 28 May 2019 √ √ √ Peru 31 May 2019 √ √ Poland 31 May 2019 √ √ √ √ Portugal 21 May 2019 √ √ Republic of Moldova 24 May 2019 Romania 13 June 2019 √ √ √ Russian Federation 31 May 2019 √ Slovenia 6 March 2019 √ √ South Africa 5 April 2019 √ √ Spain 28 May 2019 √ √ √ √ Sweden 31 May 2019 √ √ √ √ Switzerland 31 May 2019 √ √ √ Turkey 31 May 2019 √ √ √ Ukraine 11 May 2019 √ √ √ United Kingdom 23 May 2019 √ √ √ __________________ 4 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. 4/100 19-12417 A/74/201 B. Reports received from Governments Australia Original language: English Calendar year: 2018 Background information provided: yes Date of submission: 31 May 2019 National points of contact: yes Exports Final importer Number State of origin Intermediate Comments on the Category State(s) of items (if not exporter) location(s) Description of items transfer II. Armoured combat Japan 4 vehicles Malaysia 2 New Zealand 5 Tonga 5 IV. (b) Armed UAVs Republic of 1 (fixed or variable Korea geometry wing) United States 1 Imports Exporter Number of State of origin Intermediate Comments on the Category State(s) items (if not exporter) location(s) Description of items transfer III. Large-calibre United States 126 M32A1 81 mm artillery systems mortar IV. (a) Combat aircraft United States 10 2x P-8A Poseidon Via cooperative 8x F-35A programmes Lightning II VII. (a) Missiles and United States Not AGM/RGM/UG missile launchers declared M-84 harpoon missile Military holdings Category Number of items Description of items Comments on the transfer I. Battle tanks 59 Abrams M1A1 main battle tank II. Armoured combat 13 M88A2 armoured recovery vehicle vehicles 253 ASLAV 8 wheeled light armoured vehicle 121x type 1 132x types 2 and 3 431 M113AS4 985 Bushmaster vehicle 120 SUPACAT HMT III. Large-calibre 50 M32A1 81mm mortar 50 systems have been delivered to artillery systems Australia; 126 systems are to be delivered to complete the procurement of 176 systems in total 3 Howitzer, light, towed 105 mm, ceremonial Ceremonial use only (66-013-3831) 185 Mortar equipment 81 mm F2 Scheduled for withdrawal: 2020 (66-060-0824) 19-12417 5/100 A/74/201 Category Number of items Description of items Comments on the transfer 13 Gun equipment 105 mm, field, L119, F1 Currently undergoing withdrawal/ disposal (66-139-3921) 54 Howitzer, medium, towed gun equipment, (66-158-8416) 155 mm, M777A2 40 Howitzer, light, towed M2A2, salute (66-159-0552) Ceremonial use only purpose IV.