TABLE 1

Table 1—Multilateral Nonproliferation Export Controls Arrangements 2000

Basic Structures

Group	Members	Budget Source	Secretariat	Plenaries	Technical Meetings	Working Groups

AG	30	Australia	POC	Yearly	As needed	Yearly
MTCR	32	France	POC	Yearly¹	Yearly	As needed
NSG	35	Japan	POC	Semi-annual	As needed	As needed²
WA	33	Mixed	Secretariat³	Yearly⁴	As needed	As needed

¹Also holds a yearly reinforced POC meeting

²Six in 1998

³Twelve full-time staff, with Ambassador Luigi Lauriola (Italy) as Head

⁴Aggregate data exchanges twice yearly

Source: Richard T. Cupitt, Multilateral Nonproliferation Export Control Arrangements in 2000: Achievements, Challenges, and Reforms, Working Group Paper no. 1, Study Group on Enhancing Multilateral Export Controls for US National Security, Washington DC: The Henry L. Stimson Center/CSIS, May 2000.

TABLE 2

Table 2—Multilateral Nonproliferation Export Controls Arrangements 2000

Selected Procedures

Group	List Review	Share Denials	Prior Notification, No Undercut Obligation	Share Approvals	Outreach Activities	Other Exchanges of Information

AG	Ad hoc, infrequent	Yes	Yes	No¹	Regional seminars	Informal
MTCR	Ad hoc, rare	Yes	Yes	No	Special seminars²	Informal
NSG	Ad hoc, rare	Yes³	Yes⁴	No⁵	Regional & special⁶ seminars	DU, JIE⁷
WA	Formal, regular	Yes	No, but post-facto notification⁸	Yes, in aggregate⁹	Planned	Informal

¹Members share licensing data as State Parties in the CWC.

²Special transshipment seminars and workshops.

³Real-time notification through an electronic system in operation.

⁴For dual-use items, with an obligation not to undercut for three years.

⁵Since 1998, most members voluntarily share data on shipments of nuclear items through the IAEA.

⁶Special transparency seminars for all UN members.

⁷The Dual-Use Consultations and the Joint Information Exchange.

⁸Applies to denials issued in three previous years.

⁹Applies to Tier 2 dual-use items and munitions.

TABLE 3

Table 3—Multilateral Lists of Proliferation-Sensitive IT Items¹

Arrangement	List	All Categories (Items)	IT Categories (Items)

Australia Group		lChemical Weapons Precursors
		lControl List of Dual-Use Chemical
		lManufacturing Facilities and Equipment And Related Technology
		lList of Plant Pathogens for Export
		lControls Core & Awareness List
		lList of Biological Agents for Export
	Control Core List & Warning List	Control Core List & Warning List	Control Core List & Warning List
		lList of Animal Pathogens for Export Control	lList of Animal Pathogens for Export Control
		lList of Dual-Use Biological Equipment for Export Control	lList of Dual-Use Biological Equipment for Export Control
MTCR		lEquipment and Technology Annex
NSG		lGuidelines for Nuclear
		lTransfers & Annex A (Trigger List)
		lGuidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material and Related Technology & Annex	lGuidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material and Related Technology & Annex
Wassenaar		lAppendix 5 List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies
		lMunitions List
		lAppendix 3 Specific Information Exchange On Arms

¹All of the counts are preliminary. IT items include goods, services, and technology that involve the creation, modification, or transmission of data and knowledge. The counts for the items controlled for the NSG Dual-Use List differs from the oft used 70 items, probably a result of differing methods of counting sub-groups of items, including technology.