TY - BOOK AU - Perlo-Freeman,Sam ED - United Nations. ED - SIPRI TI - Promoting further openness and transparency in military matters: an assessment of the United Nations stardardized (sic!) instrument for reporting military expenditures T2 - UNODA occasional papers PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - United Nations KW - military expenditure KW - UN KW - monitoring N1 - 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 UR - http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/OccasionalPapers/PDF/OP20.pdf ER -