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Delegation: Sudan Issue: International cooperation regarding legislation on transfer of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods and technology

Sudan does believe that the legal transfer of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods and technology is a crisis. However, Sudan is strongly against some of the measures being taken to combat this crisis. Sudan is currently sanctioned, by United States law, concerning the trading of arms and military equipment. Sudan is believed to be a terrorist sponsoring state by the US government. These types of allegations do seem to be quite absurd. Sudan does believe that this market needs to be closely watched by international organizations, however does believe that it should be an acceptable market especially in countries that do require military equipment. Such as other US sanctioned countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Sudan. Sudan also finds it appalling that the US government is supplying arms to the Iraqi government and military bodies but does view them as terrorist sponsoring state. If Iraq, one of the worlds most politically unstable nations, is allowed to have arms and military equipment transferred to them then Sudan believes that other more stable nations, such as Sudan itself, should be entitled to the fair arms market.

1. Believes that this topic and the issue named Combating the Illegal Small Arms Trade in Africa should be consolidated into one topic entitled: a. International cooperation regarding the legal and illegal transfer of arms, military equipment, and dual-use goods technology worldwide 2. Supports the idea for the combining of these topics for the following reasons: a. Much of what is discussed in the Combating the Illegal Small Arms Trade in Africa issue must be readdressed in the International cooperation regarding legislation on transfer of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods and technology issue b. Africa is not the only region where illegal small arms being traded is a crisis, other regions include: i. The Middle East ii. Western South-Asia iii. Latin America iv. Southeast Asia 3. Encourages the use of national law enforcers improve their method for detecting the transfer of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods and technology by consulting the following organizations: a. UN Peacekeepers b. NATO c. The European Union d. The African Union