What does CAT stand for?

Conventional Arms Transfer

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Samples in periodicals archive:

During the period of this report, 2000-2007, conventional arms transfer agreements (which represent orders for future delivery) to developing nations comprised 66.

Conventional arms transfers to developing nations, 2000-2007

Any ATT would require the support of the major arms exporters to be effective, and we believe that some major arms exporters would refuse to agree to an ATT that required meaningful, effective conventional arms transfer controls policies," she added.

UN panel backs call for standards in arms trade

The actual provision of defense articles or defense services will be considered on a case-by-case basis, including with respect to relevant guidelines and criteria established in the existing Conventional Arms Transfer policy," the White House said.

Bush offers military help to Kosovo

Summarizing from a 2001 United States Congressional report titled Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1994-2001: "The value of all arms transfer agreements worldwide (to both developed and developing nations) was nearly $26.

'Multilateral agenda needs to be energized'; First Committee: ...

This was an increase of 13 percent over the previous year, according to a Congressional Research Service study entitled Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1993 to 2000.

The Right Answers

Security Policy Issues The executive branch has spent two years attempting to formulate a conventional arms transfer policy for the post-Cold War period, and the 104th Congress is likely to attempt a rewrite of the Arms Export Control Act.

Chapter eleven: arms transfers and export controls

Following the war, Western leaders called for new attempts to control conventional arms transfers.

Monitoring arms trade

Now add to this these ominous, everyday facts: other weapons of mass destruction-chemical and biological weapons--are far easier to make and to conceal than nuclear weapons; and conventional arms transfers worldwide go on unabated, out-stripping in dollar value even the world's grain trade.

The curse abides