Wassenaar Arrangement
Overview:
| Formation: | 12th July 1996 (Wassenaar). |
| Members: | 42 Members. |
| Headquarters: | Vienna, Austria. |
| Organization Type: | Export control regime |
| Purpose: | To control dual-use goods and technologies to prevent destabilizing accumulations. |
| Official Language: | English. |
What is Wassenaar Arrangement?
The Wassenaar Arrangement is a voluntary export control regime whose members exchange information on transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use goods and technologies to prevent destabilizing accumulations. It is the successor to the cold war-era coordinating committee for multilateral export controls.
Formation of Wassenaar Arrangement:
The Wassenaar Arrangement was formally established on 12th July 1996 in Wassenaar, the Netherlands.
Members:
Currently, the Wassenaar Arrangement has 42 member states. India is the latest member who joined this group on 7th December 2017.
 Argentina |
 Australia |
 Austria |
 Belgium |
 Bulgaria |
 Canada |
 Croatia |
 Czech Republic |
 Denmark |
 Estonia |
 Finland |
 France |
 Germany |
 Greece |
 Hungary |
 India |
 Ireland |
 Italy |
 Japan |
 Latvia |
 Lithuania |
 Luxembourg |
 Malta |
 Mexico |
 Netherlands |
 New Zealand |
 Norway |
 Poland |
 Portugal |
 Romania |
 Russia |
 Slovakia |
 Slovenia |
 South Africa |
 South Korea |
 Spain |
 Sweden |
 Switzerland | |
 Ukraine |
 United Kingdom |
 United States |
TurkeyObjectives:
The Main objective of the Wassenaar Arrangement is to promote greater responsibility among its members in the export of weapons, dual-use goods, and technologies.
Headquarters:
A Secretariat for administering the agreement is located in Vienna, Austria.
India and Wassenaar Arrangement:
India became the 42nd member of the Wassenaar Arrangement on December 7, 2017.