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This report is based on ATT initial and annual report submission data as provided on the ATT Secretariat’s
website as of 21 July 2022 and in the Secretariat’s public presentations.
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This report also incorporates UN
Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA) and UN Register of Conventional Arms
(UNROCA) reporting data as provided on the PoA and UNROCA websites administered by the UN Oce
for Disarmament Aairs as of 21 July 2022.
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Where this report analyzes the content of ATT initial and
annual report submissions, it relies solely on information derived from publicly available reports and not on
reports that States Parties have posted only on the restricted area of the ATT Secretariat’s website.
This report also draws on insights gleaned from surveys and interviews Stimson has conducted with
government ocials to better understand their ATT reporting experiences and challenges. The report
includes anonymized survey data obtained from a joint research project between Stimson and the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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The survey solicited government perspectives
on various aspects of ATT implementation and included questions focused specifically on national
reporting processes, practices, and challenges. The survey was distributed in November 2020 to all 110
States Parties and 31 signatories to the ATT.
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Surveys were also shared with 18 non-signatory States that
had attended at least one ATT Conference of States Parties or were among the world’s top arms exporters
or importers in 2019, according to SIPRI estimates. Responses were collected through February 2021.
A total of 35 States responded to the survey, including 34 States Parties and one non-signatory State.
Nineteen of these States provided additional information in response to follow-up questions from
Stimson researchers to elaborate upon or clarify their survey responses. The survey respondents are not a
representative sample of all ATT States Parties.
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Information from these reports, surveys, and interviews is captured in this report as it was provided
by States Parties. Percentages reflected in the analysis are rounded to the nearest whole number and
therefore may not equate to 100 percent in all cases.
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ATT Secretariat, “Initial Reports,” https://thearmstradetreaty.org/initial-reports.html?templateId=209839; “Annual Reports,” https://
thearmstradetreaty.org/annual-reports.html?templateId=209826; “Arms Trade Treaty: Status of Reporting,” Second Meeting of the
Working Group on Transparency and Reporting, 28 April 2022, https://thearmstradetreaty.org/hyper-images/file/220428%20-%20
ATT%20Secretariat%20-%20Status%20of%20Reporting%20(28.04.2022)/220428%20-%20ATT%20Secretariat%20-%20Status%20of%20
Reporting%20(28.04.2022).pdf.
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UN Oce for Disarmament Aairs, Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, “National Reports,” https://smallarms.un-arm.org/
national-reports/; UN Register of Conventional Arms, https://www.unroca.org/.
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Stimson Center Arms Trade Treaty-Baseline Assessment Project, Taking Stock of ATT Reporting Trends and Challenges, April 2022, http://
www.armstrade.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Taking-Stock-of-ATT-Reporting-Trends-and-Challenges.pdf. Insights in this report were also
drawn from Stimson’s previous surveys and interviews. For more, see: Stimson Center Arms Trade Treaty-Baseline Assessment Project, Reporting
in Review: Examining ATT Reporting Experiences, August 2017, http://www.armstrade.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Reporting-in-Review_
Examining-ATT-Reporting-Experiences_ATT-BAP.pdf; Reporting Challenges and Assistance Needs in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2017, http://www.
armstrade.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ATT-BAP_Reporting-Challenges-and-Assistance-Needs-in-the-Asia-Pacific-Region_2017-1.pdf;
The Arms Trade Treaty and the Caribbean Community: Towards Comprehensive Implementation, August 2018, http://www.armstrade.info/wp-
content/uploads/2014/10/ATT-BAP_ATT-and-CARICOM_August-2018.pdf.
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Since the survey was administered, one of these 31 signatories (the Philippines) ratified the treaty, bringing the total number of ATT States
Parties to 111.
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For example, compared to the ATT’s 111 States Parties, States in Europe as well as those considered to be among the world’s top arms
exporters, according to SIPRI estimates, were overrepresented among the survey respondents. In addition, States considered to be least
developed countries, according to United Nations classifications, were underrepresented.
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