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News: <\/strong>The Wassenaar Arrangement faces calls for reform, as its focus on physical exports leaves cloud services and digital data flows in grey areas despite adding controls on \u201cintrusion software.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Wassenaar Arrangement<\/h2>\n
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About<\/strong><\/td>\nIt is a key international voluntary<\/strong> regime for controlling exports of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aim<\/strong><\/td>\nTo prevent the acquisition<\/strong> of conventional arms, dual-use goods and technologies by terrorists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Formed in\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nIt was formed in 1996 as the successor to the Cold War-era Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM).<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secretariat<\/strong><\/td>\nVienna<\/strong> (Austria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Participants<\/strong><\/td>\n\n
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  • It currently has 42 participating members<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • India<\/strong> joined it on 8 December 2017<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WA Control Lists<\/strong><\/td>\n\n
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  • The Wassenaar Arrangement has two main lists: the Dual-Use List and the Munitions List.<\/strong>\n
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    • Dual-use items <\/strong>are those items that have both commercial and military or proliferation applications.\n
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      • For Dual-Use items, <\/strong>members exchange information on denied export licenses to non-members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • For the Munitions List, <\/strong>members annually share data on exports of conventional weapons to non-members, covering eight related categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Functioning Body<\/strong><\/td>\n\n