Transparency+in+armaments+procurement


 * Importance in having transparent arms procurement
 * Many nations would feel safer knowing when a neighboring nation, or possibly a foe or enemy, is obtaining a weapon. More importantly what type of weapon and in what quantity
 * Many believe that illegal arms trade would significantly decrease should governments be mandated to make all arms transactions transparent
 * Less arms will fall into corrupt government officials, meaning there will be much less arms for militant groups such as the LRA, to procure through easy and feasible means.
 * The transparency of arms procurement is an issue which can be solved through use of a feasible, comprehensive and pragmatic resolution.
 * Hesitance of many nations to make their arms procurement plans transparent/Justified reasons for not wanting transparency
 * Many nations such as China, Russia, many African nations such as Sudan and the DR Congo and even the United States are opposed to making their arms dealings transparent
 * They believe not only that the procurement of arms for their country is a purely internal concern but that it would raise many security issues as well as reveal to many nations which arms another nation possesses such as the confirmation that Israel has nuclear weapons.
 * The nations opposed to such transparency are generally MEDC's with large arsenals of weapons which want to keep their armory secrets deep in the shadows
 * Nations such as Russia and China dont want transparency because they don't want to confirm suspicions that they provide arms to numerous nations with similar goals and objectives as them.
 * Desire for more transparency
 * Nations who tend to demand transparency of arms procurement tend to be LEDC's with small armies and armories
 * These nations are intent on knowing the amount of weapons that their neighboring nations contain. The transparency would also help them to learn whether or not a nation is preparing a military strike
 * These also want transparency to help determine which nations neighboring them are in alliance with large weapons producers
 * Colombias stance
 * Colombia is strongly opposed to this as they wish to keep their arms trading a secret, as it is widely believed that they are prolofic arms dealers, supplying not only national governments armies but militant groups as well
 * Operative clauses
 * 1) Urges all nations to agree to disclose any and all information regarding their governments arms procurement including but not limited to:
 * 2) amount spent
 * 3) Type of arms purchased
 * 4) Who it was purchased from
 * 5) Purpose
 * 6) Recommends that all governments agree to make all arms procurement issues completely transparent and that all procurement of nuclear weapons is properly documented and concise.
 * 7) Strongly urges all nations to agree upon the degree of transparency that will be displayed at a later date, no later than a year from the effective date of this resolution