UN weapons register

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The UN Register of Conventional Arms is a by Resolution 46 / 36L from 6. December 1991 adopted UN institution .

The task of the UN arms register is to document the global trade in large-scale combat systems. These are in detail:

The member states of the United Nations must submit the figures for the cross-border arms sales of the previous year to the UN arms register by May 31 of each year. These figures are published by the UN Arms Register.

In addition, the member states are called upon to report their weapons stocks and their domestic sales of weapons. They should also give an overview of their arms control, in particular their guidelines and implementation. This is not mandatory and the statistics are only published for information purposes.

The UN Arms Register is one of the main sources of figures on the international arms trade , along with the ACDA and the SIPRI .

UN Arms Register 2005

The report of the UN Arms Register for 2005 shows an overall mixed picture. The arms exports of the Federal Republic of Germany fell by more than 50% compared to 2004 . This development is due to a decrease in missile sales, whereas the other systems show stable sales figures.

France sold a total of six more systems than in 2004, at a low level overall. It should be taken into account that France also sold fewer missiles, but ten warships more than in 2004.

Great Britain's arms exports have fallen from 71 to 12 systems and have almost come to a standstill. In addition to the Ukraine , an attack helicopter supplied Australia , New Zealand , Switzerland and the USA .

The US arms exports rose in 2005 from 1,498 to 1,591 systems. 159 battle tanks, 142 armored combat vehicles and 46 more combat aircraft were sold than in the previous year. This contrasts with a drop in missile sales of 310 units. With the exception of missiles and warships, sales were thus doubled compared to the previous year. The value of the weapons sold has therefore risen faster than their number. These exports include the sale of 15 combat helicopters and 22 combat aircraft to Israel . An airplane was delivered to Colombia .

The Russian Federation's arms exports fell from 1,088 units in 2004 to 744 units. The decline of 344 units is also almost entirely due to a decline in missile sales. The export of combat aircraft has almost collapsed, whereas more combat helicopters have been sold. From a European point of view, the recipient countries of the arms deliveries are in some cases very critical. Among the recipients were countries such as China , Sudan , Algeria and Uzbekistan , against which there are arms embargoes in the EU , mostly because of human rights violations.

UN Arms Register 2006

The total number of exports of notifiable armaments from the Federal Republic of Germany was roughly on a par with the previous year. There is only an increase of 30 units. Of the systems implemented, however, the main battle tanks involved a delivery of 156 Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 from decommissioned stocks to Greece and 48 Leopard 2 from decommissioned stocks to Turkey and one decommissioned Leopard two to Spain. So no new devices were installed. Of the 100 armored combat vehicles exported, 99 were retired M-113s for Lithuania and one TPz 1 A5 for the Netherlands. So only a new system was exported here. The deliveries of new weapon systems thus fell to almost zero in 2006. Only two missiles ( MANPADS LFK Bolide and RBS 70 for Finland ), three warships (a type 209 submarine for South Africa and two class 332 mine hunters for the UAE ), 33 artillery systems (12 120 mm mortars for Lithuania and eleven PzH 2000 for the Netherlands) and an armored combat vehicle. This means a de facto decrease of 304 units compared to the previous year. The decline in missiles is particularly striking, as 132 were still exported in 2005. In 2006 there were 130 fewer.

In 2006, US arms exports have not increased for a long time. In fact, they are mainly down on the previous year. So were z. B. 395 fewer missiles than exported in 2005. Main battle tank exports fell to zero in 2006. Despite slight increases in the number of combat aircraft (+10) and combat helicopters (+17), a total of 657 fewer reportable systems were exported than in 2005. Some of the recipient states are in crisis areas. Deliveries to such countries are rated as critical.

Great Britain, which exported 14 systems in 2005, more than tripled its exports in 2006 and exported a total of 48 systems. This is the largest rate of increase of the Western states considered. With the exception of the delivery of four attack helicopters to Ukraine, the other recipients were states outside of trouble spots with a stable political structure - so-called non-critical states.

France more than doubled the number of systems implemented from 133 in 2005 to 295 in 2006. Warships (from 10 to zero) and armored combat vehicles (from 52 to 28) were the product groups that saw the greatest decline. The largest increase was recorded by missiles with an increase from 43 to 239. Except for the delivery of four artillery systems to Saudi Arabia, the recipient countries were non-critical states.

The Russian Federation's arms exports almost doubled from 744 in 2005 to 1,374 in 2006. This is due in particular to the export of 1,093 missiles, i.e. 516 more than in the previous year, and the export of 100 large artillery systems, none of which were exported in 2005. 149 pieces of the missiles were delivered to India and 944 pieces, i.e. the lion's share of exports, to the People's Republic of China . The number of battle tanks executed rose from 2 to 30 pieces. Only combat helicopters and warships saw a decrease of 18 and 5 units, respectively. The exports of the Russian Federation went to Colombia , Kazakhstan , Myanmar , Sudan and Venezuela , among others . From a European perspective, these states are viewed as critical recipient countries.

UN Arms Register 2007

The changes to the previous year's figures for the largest arms exporting nations Russia, USA, Great Britain and France are clear. The arms exports of these countries have increased in some cases considerably. The arms exports of the Federal Republic of Germany remain at a low level.

In 2007, the Russian Federation exported a total of 1,807 reportable large devices (previous year: 1,374). These were 164 battle tanks (102 for Algeria and 62 for Azerbaijan), 74 armored combat vehicles (6 for Algeria, 4 for Azerbaijan and 64 for Kazakhstan), 16 large artillery systems (all for India), 40 combat aircraft (6 each for Algeria and Malaysia, 16 for India and 12 for Venezuela), 15 attack helicopters (4 each for Colombia and Sudan, 3 for Bangladesh and 2 each for Croatia and Senegal), no warships and 1,498 missiles (984 of them for the PRC, 199 for India and 182 for Algeria). The - from a Western point of view, sometimes highly sensitive - buyer countries of Russian military equipment would often not be able to deliver from countries of the European Union or the USA, as there are sometimes even arms embargoes or other reasons speak against approval of such deliveries (e.g. current conflict situations).

The USA exported 1,403 large devices requiring notification (previous year: 934). These were 139 battle tanks (previous year: 0), 52 armored vehicles (previous year: 390), 318 large artillery systems (previous year: 9), 46 combat aircraft (previous year: 109), 34 combat helicopters (previous year: 53), 6 warships (previous year: 0 ) and 808 missiles (previous year: 375). From a European point of view, the recipient countries of the deliveries were much less critical than those of the Russian Federation.

France exported a total of 514 pieces of reportable large equipment. As in the previous year, no battle tanks or warships were exported. Large artillery systems were exported 4 more in 2006 and none in 2007. There were in some cases considerable increases in armored combat vehicles from 28 in the previous year to 63 (including deliveries to Lebanon and Chad, which would not have been approved in Germany) and missiles from 239 to 428. The increase in missiles also goes back to a controversial delivery of MILAN missiles to Libya. 18 combat aircraft and 5 combat helicopters (previous year: 12) were exported.

Great Britain's arms exports remained at the low level of previous years. Only the increase in the export of armored combat vehicles from 37 in the previous year to 72 ran counter to the trend. A total of 86 systems (previous year: 48) were exported. These also included 1 battle tank (previous year: 2), 3 large artillery systems (previous year: 0), 5 combat aircraft (previous year: 0), 1 attack helicopter (previous year: 8), no warship (previous year also none) and 4 missiles (previous year: 1 ). Critical recipient countries have not obtained any armaments from Great Britain.

In 2007 Germany exported 463 pieces of reportable large equipment. That is an increase of 125 units compared to the previous year. This is mainly due to the sale of Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 battle tanks from the Bundeswehr. Main battle tank exports rose from 205 in the previous year to 427 units. Of these, 140 went to Chile (Leo 2), 173 to Greece (90 Leo 1 and 83 Leo 2), 113 to Turkey (Leo 2) and one Leopard 2 to Singapore (obviously for demonstration and evaluation purposes). Attack helicopters, warships, or armored combat vehicles were not exported. Austria was the only missile to buy an AMRAAM and the 5 Eurofighter aircraft also went to Austria. Furthermore, 35 large artillery systems were exported, 16 of which were 76 mm mortars for Greece and 14 PzH 2000 for the Netherlands.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AW-Prax, 12/2008, page 520/521
  2. ↑ Tagesschau.de ( Memento from April 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Handelsblatt.de

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