Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions

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arms control agreement international treaty regional security instrument

The Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions is a regional arms control agreement among Organization of American States members that promotes confidence-building and security by requiring the disclosure of conventional weapons purchases and transfers.

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Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arms control agreement ⓘ international treaty ⓘ regional security instrument ⓘ
acronym	OAS Transparency Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy	Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy	Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	improve predictability in military acquisitions ⓘ prevent misunderstandings about military capabilities ⓘ
basedOn	principles of transparency and trust among states ⓘ
belongsToRegime	Inter-American security regime NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	OAS convention ⓘ
complements	other OAS confidence- and security-building measures ⓘ
covers	conventional weapons ⓘ major conventional arms systems ⓘ
depository	General Secretariat of the Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalArea	arms control law ⓘ international humanitarian and security law ⓘ
legalNature	legally binding treaty for its States Parties ⓘ
legalStatus	open to signature, ratification, and accession by OAS member states ⓘ
mechanism	information exchange among States Parties ⓘ standardized reporting formats ⓘ
objective	to promote transparency in conventional arms acquisitions ⓘ to reduce the risk of arms races and misperceptions ⓘ to strengthen confidence and security among states in the Americas ⓘ
primaryParties	OAS member states NERFINISHED ⓘ
promotes	confidence-building measures in the military field ⓘ regional security cooperation ⓘ
region	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	advance notification of acquisitions of certain conventional weapons ⓘ annual reporting of exports of covered conventional weapons ⓘ annual reporting of imports of covered conventional weapons ⓘ
requiresFromStates	submission of data on conventional arms purchases ⓘ submission of data on conventional arms transfers ⓘ
scope	regional ⓘ
shortName	OAS Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	arms transparency ⓘ confidence-building measures ⓘ conventional weapons acquisitions ⓘ
typeOfWeaponAddressed	conventional arms, not weapons of mass destruction ⓘ

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions ⓘ