Promoting further openness and transparency in military matters an assessment of the United Nations stardardized (sic!) instrument for reporting military expenditures

Promoting further openness and transparency in military matters an assessment of the United Nations stardardized (sic!) instrument for reporting military expenditures an assessment of the United Nations standardized instrument for reporting military expenditures organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs - New York United Nations 2010 - 34 p. tab. - UNODA occasional papers 20 .

This publication is a contribution prepared jointly by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for the Group of Governmental Experts, which will review the operation of the United Nations Standardized Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures and its further development (the report is expected in 2011). This publication may also benefit those concerned with these matters in Governments, civil society and the academic community. The United Nations is grateful to Dr. Sam Perlo-Freeman of SIPRI for agreeing to co-author this Occasional Paper. The valuable comments and suggestions of Dr. Nazir Kamal and Mr. Bengt-Göran Bergstrand are also greatly appreciated.






military expenditure--UN--monitoring