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Wassenaar Members Review Data Exchange
As the post-Cold War export control regime for conventional weapons and dual-use technology, the Wassenaar Arrangement seeks to avoid destabilizing arms transfers and to prevent the acquisition of sensitive technology by countries whose behavior causes concern to its participants. Members include several states previously targeted by the Cold War-era COCOM regime (Committee for Multilateral Export Controls), exchange information on their imports and exports on a semiannual basis. Unlike COCOM, however, Wassenaar Arrangement members have no veto power over each others' transfers.
A June 23 working group session focused on the results of the March 31 confidential data exchange, which covered four categories of transfers to nonmembers since the September data exchange: actual weapons deliveries, license denials for "basic" dual-use items; license approvals for "sensitive" dual-use equipment; and license denials for "very sensitive" dual-use items.