United Nations A/72/331 General Assembly Distr.: General 14 August 2017 English Original: Arabic/English/Russian/ Spanish Seventy-second session Item 100 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 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, including nil reports, as well as information on international transfers of small arms and light weapons and additional background information on military holdings and procurement through national production for the calendar year 2016. As at the date of submission of the present report, the Secretary-General had received reports from 34 Governments, and 7 Member States had replied to the questionnaire circulated by the Office for Disarmament Affairs, pursuant to paragraph 6 (a) of resolution 71/44. * A/72/150. 17-13996 (E) 070917 260917 *1713996* A/72/331 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 ............................................................. 36 IV. Information received from Governments on international transfers of small arms and light weapons ...................................................................... 58 V. Views received from Governments ................................................ 120 2/120 17-13996 A/72/331 I. Introduction 1. The present report is the twenty-fifth 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 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 the questionnaire that was dispatched by the Office for Disarmament Affairs. 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 20 February 2017, the Secretariat sent a note verbale to Member States requesting them to submit their reports and circulating the questionnaire referred to in paragraph 6 (a) of General Assembly resolution 71/44. A subsequent note verbale was sent to Member States on 12 June 2017, followed by a reminder to national points of contact on 20 July 2017. The replies received are reproduced in sections II to V. Any national reports and additional information received from Governments after the issuance of the report will be made available in the online database. 4. The percentage of Member States using the online reporting tool to file their national reports with the Register has risen from 20 per cent in 2012, when the tool was introduced, to 46 per cent in 2017. 5. The original submissions by Member States are available to Governments from the Office for Disarmament Affairs. 2 The annual reports and other relevant information are available on the website of the Register. 3 6. As at the date of submission of the present report, the following Member States had submitted replies to the questionnaire circulated by the Office for Disarmament Affairs, pursuant to paragraph 6 (a) of General Assembly resolution 71/44: Finland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.4 __________________ 1 The first 24 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, Add.1-6 and Add.1/Corr.1; 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.1-3 and Add.1-3; A/59/193 and Corr.1-3 and Add.1-2; A/60/160 and Corr.1-2, Add.1-3 and Add.3/Corr.1; A/61/159 and Corr.1-2, Add.1-3 and Add.1/Corr.1 and 2; 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 and Add.1; A/67/212 and Corr.1-2 and Add.1-2; A/68/138 and Add.1; A/69/124 and Add.1; A/70/168 and Add.1; and A/71/138 and Add.1. 2 Contact [email protected]. 3 See www.unroca.org. 4 The responses to the questionnaire will be made available on the website of the Register. A report on the findings of the questionnaire will be made available to the group of governmental experts to be convened in 2019 to review the operation of the Register, in accordance with paragraph 6 (b) of General Assembly resolution 71/44. 17-13996 3/120 A/72/331 II. Information received from Governments A. Index of information submitted by Governments Background information International Views Data on Data on Procurement transfers of on the exports of imports of through small arms Register/ Report conventional conventional Military national and light national State received on arms arms holdings production weapons policies Albania 30 May 2017 √ Argentina 20 June 2017 √ √ √ Armenia 5 June 2017 √ Belarus 1 June 2017 √ √ Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 April 2017 nil nil nil nil nil Bulgaria 2 June 2017 √ √ √ √ Chile 3 August 2017 √ √ Czechia 3 August 2017 √ √ √ Finland 24 July 2017 √ √ √ √ Germany 1 June 2017 √ √ √ √ √ Greece 30 May 2017 √ √ √ √ Hungary 23 June 2017 √ √ √ √ Italy 30 May 2017 √ √ √ Japan 20 June 2017 √ √ √ Latvia 20 June 2017 √ √ Lebanon 18 May 2017 √ Lithuania 23 May 2017 √ √ √ Luxembourg 20 June 2017 nil nil nil nil nil Montenegro 20 June 2017 √ √ Netherlands 20 June 2017 √ √ √ √ √ Portugal 25 May 2017 √ √ Romania 29 May 2017 √ √ √ √ Russian Federation 24 May 2017 √ Serbia 1 June 2017 √ Singapore 20 June 2017 √ √ Slovakia 31 May 2017 √ √ √ √ √ Spain 14 June 2017 √ √ √ √ √ Sweden 9 June 2017 √ √ √ √ Switzerland 24 May 2017 √ √ √ √ Turkey 6 June 2017 √ √ √ Ukraine 31 May 2017 √ √ √ United Kingdom of Great Britain 31 May 2017 √ √ √ √ and Northern Ireland United States of America 28 July 2017 √ √ √ √ Viet Nam 18 July 2017 √ 4/120 17-13996 A/72/331 B. Reports received from Governments on conventional arms transfers Argentina Original language: English/Spanish Calendar year: 2016 Background information provided: yes Date of submission: 20 June 2017 National points of contact: yes Imports Number State of origin Intermediate Comments on the Category (I-VII) Exporter State(s) of items (if not exporter) location (if any) Description of item transfer III. Large-calibre Italy 4 OTO Melara howitzer, Light artillery artillery systems calibre 105 mm IV. (a) Combat Spain 2 CASA C-212 General purpose aircraft United States 3 Cessna 208 (2); General purpose Cessna C550 (1) 17-13996 5/120 A/72/331 Armenia Original language: English Calendar year: 2016 Background information provided: yes Date of submission: 5 June 2017 National points of contact: yes Imports A B C D E Remarks Exporter Number State of origin Intermediate Category (I-VII) State(s) of items (if not exporter) location (if any) Description of item Comments on the transfer I. Battle tanks Russian 1 T-90C Federation II. Armoured combat vehicles III. Large-calibre Russian 2 9A52 Smerch multiple artillery systems Federation rocket launcher IV. Combat aircraft V. Attack helicopters VI. Warships VII. Missiles and (a) Russian 200 9M342 Igla-S missile missile Federation launchers (b) Russian 100 Igla-S launching Federation mechanism 6/120 17-13996 A/72/331 Belarus Original language: Russian Calendar year: 2016 Background information provided: yes Date of submission: 1 June 2017 National points of contact: yes Exports A В C D E Remarks Final importer Number State of origin Intermediate Comments on the Category (I-VII) State(s) of items (if not exporter) location (if any) Description of item transfer I. Battle tanks II. Armoured combat Slovakia 11 Russian Federation BMP-1 vehicles Slovakia 2 Russian Federation BMP-1 Slovakia 4 Russian Federation BMP-2 Bulgaria 1 Russian Federation BMP-2 Sudan 38 Russian Federation BTR-70 Slovakia 18 Russian Federation BTR-70 III. Large-calibre Turkmenistan 6 Russian Federation 122 mm MLRS artillery systems BM-21 Angola 18 Russian Federation 152 mm howitzer gun D-20 IV. (a) Combat Sudan 2 Russian Federation Su-24 aircraft Iraq 6 Russian Federation Su-25 V. Attack helicopters Sudan 1 Russian Federation Mi-8 Sudan 1 Russian Federation Mi-24 VI. Warships VII. Missiles and missile launchers Imports A В C D E Remarks Final importer Number State of origin Intermediate Comments on the Category (I-VII) State(s) of items (if not exporter) location (if any) Description of items transfer I.