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'''UK arms export''' referees to trades of Uk-made weapons around the world. The country is one of the world’s most successful arms exporters. According to the analysis by Action on Armed Violence, Military arms deals has been prepared £39bn between 2008 and 2017.
The Uk mostly has exported arms to [[United States of America]], [[India]], [[France]], [[Germany]],[[Italy]], [[Oman]] , [[South Africa]], [[Turkey]], [[South Korea]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Saudi Arabia]] respectively.<ref name="UK Arms Export Licences"></ref>
==history==
UK Trade and investment reveals that “The UK is one of the world’s most successful deface exporters, averaging second place in the global rankings on a rolling ten-year basis, making it Europe’s leading defence exporter in the period”.<ref name="Stone"></ref>Also, the UK has been known as the most robust [[Arms control|export control]] government in the world. every application on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria is proctored, as [[Department for International Trade|DIT]] spokesman reported. <ref name="Sharman"></ref>
According to the analysis by Action on Armed Violence, Military arms deals have been prepared £39bn between 2008 and 2017, £12bn of which belongs to states included on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights “priority countries” list. The analysis of the figures, collated by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade using export control data from the Department for International Trade is indicating a growing trend. <ref name="McVeigh"></ref>
As [[Campaign Against Arms Trade|CAAT]] mentioned, It is probable to be “conservative estimate” because of an opaque system of “open” licenses that allow an unlimited number for exporting, but less scrutiny of “open” licenses has been denied by the DIT. In 2016, 5,782 export licenses for military items in countries of concern which provide £1.5bn was reported. <ref name="McVeigh"/><ref name="Mepham"/>
==Imported countries==
[[File:Stop UK Arms Exports to Saudi UAE Dictatorships !.jpg|right|thumb|UK Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia]]
The Audit of the Government’s Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls reported that the UK made arms totally were exported to 159 countries in 2000. <ref name="Mepham">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Since 2010 Britain arms have been transferred to the 51 countries that 22 countries were mentioned on the UK Government’s own human rights watch list as well as most of them were located in Middle Eastern where terror threats have been increasing steadily. <ref name="Stone"/>
In 2016 most of arms exports were performed to 18 countries including China, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, [[Israel]], Egypt, and Pakistan. <ref name="Sharman"/>In 2017 Israel was the second-biggest buyer of UK arms which was appointed on the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]’s (FCO) human rights priority list, Also [[Bahrain]] paid £30.7m for UK arms, Egypt bought £6.5m of arms and [[Pakistan]], £11.2m. totally £11.8m was paid by China. The [[Bangladeshi]] government which had taken more than 688,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar following ethnic cleansing and religious persecution there, bought £38.6m of arms.<ref name="Sharman"/>
The Uk mostly has exported arms to [[United States of America]],[[India]],[[France]],[[Germany]],[[Italy]],[[Oman]],[[South Africa]], [[Turkey]],[[South Korea]],[[United Arab Emirates]],[[Saudi Arabia]] respectively.<ref name="UK Arms Export Licences"/>
The transferred UK Military equipment includes bombs, [[missile]]s, and fighter jets, machine [[gun]]s and the shelf-life of [[weapon]]s is often longer than the governments and situations they were sold to. <ref name="Stone"/>
==Arms control==
As CAAT’s [[Andrew Smith (British politician)|Andrew Smith]] told, [[Theresa May]]’s government is strongly supporting some countries that even it believes are accountable for human rights abuses. There are no controls over how these arms will be used when they have been sold by the UK. The arms sales being agreed today could be used to fuel atrocities for years to come. Human rights abuses are observed by UK-made fighter [[Jet engine|jets]] and bombs in the [[Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen|Saudi-led destruction of Yemen]]. This kind of Arm trade not only leads to “human rights abusers with the means to kill” but also it provides the position of political support. In 2016, most of the UK arm was exported to countries listed as human rights abusers. <ref name="Sharman"/><ref name="Stone"/>
While the UK rules confirmes that this government doesn’t deal with countries accused to violet human rights, in the last 4 years almost half of UK arms have been transferred to Saudi Arabia including sky-rocketed. <ref name="Stavrianakis"></ref>
As guardian reported “Britain is Saudi Arabia’s second largest arms dealer after the US, providing military exports worth £10.3bn over the past decade despite continued condemnation of the kingdom’s use of British weaponry in its bombing of [[Yemen]]”. <ref name="McVeigh"/><ref name="Hall"></ref>In other words, Saudi Arabia has been mentioned as Britain’s largest arms customer. <ref name="Milmo"></ref>
==See also==
*[[Arms industry]]
*[[Arms control]]
==References==
[[Category:Arms control]]
[[Category:Organisations based in the London Borough of Islington]]
[[Category:Peace organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Right Livelihood Award laureates]]
'''UK arms export''' referees to trades of Uk-made weapons around the world. The country is one of the world’s most successful arms exporters. According to the analysis by Action on Armed Violence, Military arms deals has been prepared £39bn between 2008 and 2017.
The Uk mostly has exported arms to [[United States of America]], [[India]], [[France]], [[Germany]],[[Italy]], [[Oman]] , [[South Africa]], [[Turkey]], [[South Korea]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Saudi Arabia]] respectively.<ref name="UK Arms Export Licences"></ref>
==history==
UK Trade and investment reveals that “The UK is one of the world’s most successful deface exporters, averaging second place in the global rankings on a rolling ten-year basis, making it Europe’s leading defence exporter in the period”.<ref name="Stone"></ref>Also, the UK has been known as the most robust [[Arms control|export control]] government in the world. every application on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria is proctored, as [[Department for International Trade|DIT]] spokesman reported. <ref name="Sharman"></ref>
According to the analysis by Action on Armed Violence, Military arms deals have been prepared £39bn between 2008 and 2017, £12bn of which belongs to states included on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights “priority countries” list. The analysis of the figures, collated by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade using export control data from the Department for International Trade is indicating a growing trend. <ref name="McVeigh"></ref>
As [[Campaign Against Arms Trade|CAAT]] mentioned, It is probable to be “conservative estimate” because of an opaque system of “open” licenses that allow an unlimited number for exporting, but less scrutiny of “open” licenses has been denied by the DIT. In 2016, 5,782 export licenses for military items in countries of concern which provide £1.5bn was reported. <ref name="McVeigh"/><ref name="Mepham"/>
==Imported countries==
[[File:Stop UK Arms Exports to Saudi UAE Dictatorships !.jpg|right|thumb|UK Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia]]
The Audit of the Government’s Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls reported that the UK made arms totally were exported to 159 countries in 2000. <ref name="Mepham">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Since 2010 Britain arms have been transferred to the 51 countries that 22 countries were mentioned on the UK Government’s own human rights watch list as well as most of them were located in Middle Eastern where terror threats have been increasing steadily. <ref name="Stone"/>
In 2016 most of arms exports were performed to 18 countries including China, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, [[Israel]], Egypt, and Pakistan. <ref name="Sharman"/>In 2017 Israel was the second-biggest buyer of UK arms which was appointed on the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]’s (FCO) human rights priority list, Also [[Bahrain]] paid £30.7m for UK arms, Egypt bought £6.5m of arms and [[Pakistan]], £11.2m. totally £11.8m was paid by China. The [[Bangladeshi]] government which had taken more than 688,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar following ethnic cleansing and religious persecution there, bought £38.6m of arms.<ref name="Sharman"/>
The Uk mostly has exported arms to [[United States of America]],[[India]],[[France]],[[Germany]],[[Italy]],[[Oman]],[[South Africa]], [[Turkey]],[[South Korea]],[[United Arab Emirates]],[[Saudi Arabia]] respectively.<ref name="UK Arms Export Licences"/>
The transferred UK Military equipment includes bombs, [[missile]]s, and fighter jets, machine [[gun]]s and the shelf-life of [[weapon]]s is often longer than the governments and situations they were sold to. <ref name="Stone"/>
==Arms control==
As CAAT’s [[Andrew Smith (British politician)|Andrew Smith]] told, [[Theresa May]]’s government is strongly supporting some countries that even it believes are accountable for human rights abuses. There are no controls over how these arms will be used when they have been sold by the UK. The arms sales being agreed today could be used to fuel atrocities for years to come. Human rights abuses are observed by UK-made fighter [[Jet engine|jets]] and bombs in the [[Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen|Saudi-led destruction of Yemen]]. This kind of Arm trade not only leads to “human rights abusers with the means to kill” but also it provides the position of political support. In 2016, most of the UK arm was exported to countries listed as human rights abusers. <ref name="Sharman"/><ref name="Stone"/>
While the UK rules confirmes that this government doesn’t deal with countries accused to violet human rights, in the last 4 years almost half of UK arms have been transferred to Saudi Arabia including sky-rocketed. <ref name="Stavrianakis"></ref>
As guardian reported “Britain is Saudi Arabia’s second largest arms dealer after the US, providing military exports worth £10.3bn over the past decade despite continued condemnation of the kingdom’s use of British weaponry in its bombing of [[Yemen]]”. <ref name="McVeigh"/><ref name="Hall"></ref>In other words, Saudi Arabia has been mentioned as Britain’s largest arms customer. <ref name="Milmo"></ref>
==See also==
*[[Arms industry]]
*[[Arms control]]
==References==
[[Category:Arms control]]
[[Category:Organisations based in the London Borough of Islington]]
[[Category:Peace organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Right Livelihood Award laureates]]
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