Annex 7: Selected arms export licence approvals
to FCO "countries of concern" of arms or components
of arms which might be used to facilitate internal repression
for the period 1 January until 31 December 2011
In its 2011 Human Rights and Democracy Report[355]
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has identified 28 countries
of concern where the FCO has the most serious wide-ranging human
rights concerns.[356]
These countries are: Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma, Chad, China,
Colombia, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the OPTs,
Libya, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
South Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen and
Zimbabwe. The following table provides details of licences authorised
by the Government in the period 1 January until 31 December 2011
for equipment that might be used to facilitate internal repression.
| Country | Examples of approved arms exports from 1 January until 30 September 2011
|
| Afghanistan |
Body armour, components for body armour, components for military combat vehicles, military support vehicles, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, military helmets, weapon night sights, assault rifles, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, components for assault rifles, components for pistols, equipment for the use of assault rifles, small arms ammunition, technology for assault rifles, weapon sight mounts, components for ground vehicle military communications equipment, ground vehicle military communications equipment .
|
| Belarus | None.
|
| Burma | None.
|
| Chad | None.
|
| China | Body armour, equipment for the production of military communications equipment, general military vehicle components, small arms ammunition, technology for military communications equipment, weapon sights, equipment for the use of military communications equipment, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography.
|
| Colombia | Equipment employing cryptography, body armour, components for assault rifles
components for body armour, components for machine guns, components for pistols, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, military support vehicles, small arms ammunition.
|
| Cuba | None.
|
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea
| None. |
| Democratic Republic of Congo
| Components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, sniper rifles, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography.
|
| Eritrea | None.
|
| Iran | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography.
|
| Iraq | Assault rifles, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, components for assault rifles, components for general purpose machine guns, components for ground vehicle military communications equipment, components for military communications equipment, components for semi-automatic pistols, equipment for the use of military communications equipment, general purpose machine guns, ground vehicle military communications equipment, military communications equipment, military helmets, semi-automatic pistols, small arms ammunition, weapon cleaning equipment, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, body armour, components for body armour, components for military combat vehicles, military combat vehicles, military support vehicles, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, technology for anti-riot/ballistic shields, technology for body armour, technology for military helmets, weapon night sights, combat shotguns, flash suppressers, gun silencers, machine guns, pistols, rifles, smoothbore weapons, sniper rifles, weapon night sights. weapon sights, equipment for the use of ground vehicle military communications equipment, equipment for the use of military communications equipment, equipment for the use of ground vehicle military communications equipment, software for ground vehicle military communications equipment, software for military communications equipment, software for the use of military communications equipment.
|
| Israel and the OPTs
| General military vehicle components, small arms ammunition, equipment employing cryptography, components for military communications equipment, components for pistols, military support vehicles, components for weapon sights, weapon sights, military communications equipment.
|
| Libya | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, equipment for the use of military, communications equipment, ground vehicle military communications equipment, military communications equipment, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of military communications equipment, technology for equipment employing cryptography, technology for ground vehicle military communications equipment, technology for military communications equipment, body armour, components for body armour, military helmets, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection.
|
| Pakistan | Body armour, components for body armour, equipment for the use of sniper rifles, flash suppressers, military helmets, shotguns, small arms ammunition, sniper rifles, weapon cleaning equipment, weapon night sights, weapon sights, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, military communications equipment.
|
| Russia | Small arms ammunition, weapon sights, components for equipment employing cryptography, equipment employing cryptography, software for equipment employing cryptography, technology for equipment employing cryptography, technology for software for equipment employing cryptography, components for rifles, weapon sights.
|
| Saudi Arabia |
Components for ground vehicle military communications equipment, components for military combat vehicles, components for military communications equipment, components for sniper rifles, components for weapon sights, equipment for the use of sniper rifles, flash suppressers, gun silencers, small arms ammunition, sniper rifles, technology for military communications equipment, technology for sniper rifles, technology for the use of sniper rifles, weapon cleaning equipment, weapon sight mounts, weapon sights, military helmets, assault rifles, components for assault rifles, components for general purpose machine guns, components for machine pistols, components for pistols, components for rifles, components for semi-automatic pistols, components for submachine guns, general purpose machine guns, machine pistols, pistols, rifles, semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, ballistic shields, body armour, civil body armour, components for body
armour, command communications control and intelligence software, components for water cannons, equipment for the use of weapon night sights, hand grenades, weapon night sights, equipment for the use of weapon sights, weapon night sights, components for machine guns, components for military support vehicles, military combat vehicles, components for machine guns, components for military combat vehicles, equipment for the use of machine guns.
|
| Somalia | Body armour, components for body armour, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, technology for equipment employing cryptography, military combat vehicles, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, military helmets, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection.
|
| Sri Lanka | Body armour, components for body armour, small arms ammunition, equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, assault rifles, components for assault rifles, small arms ammunition, weapon cleaning equipment, weapon sights, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, military support vehicles, antiriot/ballistic shields.
|
| Sudan | Body armour, components for body armour, military helmets, equipment employing cryptography, software for equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, sniper rifles.
|
| Syria | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography.
|
| Turkmenistan |
None. |
| Uzbekistan |
Components for equipment employing cryptography, equipment employing
cryptography, software for equipment employing cryptography, technology for
equipment employing cryptography, technology for software for equipment
employing cryptography.
|
| Vietnam | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, technology for the use of equipment employing cryptography.
|
| Yemen | Body armour.
|
| Zimbabwe | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, software for equipment employing cryptography, technology for equipment employing cryptography, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection.
|
Source: Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills, Strategic Export Controls: Country Pivot Report 1st
October 2010 - 31st December 2010, Country Pivot
Report 1st January 2011 - 31st March
2011, Strategic Export Controls: Country Pivot Report 1st
April 2011 - 30th June 2011, Strategic Export Controls:
Country Pivot Report 1st July 2011 - 30th
September 2011 and Strategic Export Controls: Country Pivot Report
1st October 2011 - 31st December 2011
355 FCO, Human Rights and Democracy: The 2011 Foreign
and Commonwealth Office Report, Cm 8339, April 2012 Back
356
"Foreign Office gives update on human rights in countries
of concern", FCO Press Notice, 16 January 2012 Back
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