PARIS ARMS TRANSFER MEETING CALLS FOR 'RULES OF RESTRAINT'

In: Arms control today, Band 21, Heft 7, S. 27, 34

Abstract

IN JULY 1991, THE BIG FIVE WEAPONS EXPORTERS--THE USA, THE USSR, BRITAIN, CHINA, AND FRANCE--JOINTLY DECLARED THAT THEY INTEND TO "OBSERVE RULES OF RESTRAINT" IN SELLING ARMS TO THE MIDDLE EAST. NEVERTHELESS, THEY ANNOUNCED RECORD ARMS DEALS TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE GULF WAR.