provisional Secretariat, established under Article 18, no later than one year following the entry into force

of this Treaty and thereafter at such other times as may be decided by the Conference of States Parties”.

Article 17(4) (a-g) further states that “The Conference of States Parties shall:

Fifth, the Sixth and the Seventh Conferences of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty were held in

Mexico, 24 –27 August 2015, in Switzerland, 22–26 August 2016, and 11-15 September 2017 respectively,

in Japan, 20 – 24 August 2018, in Switzerland, 26 - 30 August 2019, in written format 17 - 21 August 2020,

and in Switzerland, in hybrid format (with some delegates participating virtually via the virtual platform

and other delegates participating in-person) in Switzerland, 30 August – 03 September 2021. The Eighth

Conference of States Parties was held in-person with a livestreaming option in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22

-26 August 2022 in compliance with Article 17. The Conference was held at the Centre International de

Conférences Genève (CICG).

established under Article 16(3), made further progress through disbursement of funds to Treaty

implementation projects at a national level. To date, the VTF has funded 69 implementation projects in

period of the Eighth Conference of States Parties, the three ATT Working Groups convened two series of

hybrid meetings on 15-17 February and 26 -28 April 2022, during which States Parties and other

stakeholders exchanged information and views on practices and challenges related to Treaty

implementation, transparency and reporting, and universalization.

meetings of the Working Groups on 18 February and 29 April 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland, the seat of the

Secretariat to the Treaty.

Diversion Information Exchange Forum (DIEF), established by the Sixth Conference of States Parties, the

Secretariat circulated an invitation to all States Parties and Signatory States on 01 July 2022, in accordance

with Rule 9 of the DIEF Terms of Reference. The draft agenda for the meeting was circulated to States

Parties and Signatory States on 26 July 2022, in accordance with Rule 10 of the DIEF Terms of Reference.

(111) States Parties. Meanwhile the Treaty has thirty (30) Signatory States that have not yet deposited

their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval. On 18 July 2019, one of those Signatory States –

the United States of America – notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity

as depositary, that it does not intend to become a party to the treaty.

States, a number of international and regional organisations and representatives of civil society and

industry.

Rule 1 of the Rules of Procedure: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium,

Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile,

China, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland,

France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,

2 of the Rules of Procedure: Angola, Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, Eswatini, Haiti, Israel, Kiribati, Libya,

Malawi, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nauru, Singapore, Thailand, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, United Republic

of Tanzania, the United States of America and Zimbabwe.

Rule 3 of the Rules of Procedure: Gambia.

NGOs, associations representing industry and implementing agencies, participated in the work of the

Conference as observers in accordance with Rule 5.1 and 5.2 of the Rules of Procedure: Action Sécurité

Ethique Républicaines (ASER), Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD),

Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT), Association of European Manufacturers of Sporting

Ammunition (AFEMS), Associazione Nazionale Produttori Armi e Munizioni Sportive e Civili (ANPAM),

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC), Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle

(BAFA), Canada's National Firearms Association, Canadian Red Cross, Center for Peace and Development

Effectiveness (CEPDE), Centre de Recherche et d'Information Pour le Désarmement et Sécurité (CRIDS),

(CDRAV), Centre for Peace Research and Advocacy (CPRA), Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos A.C.,

ChangeMaker: Society for Social and Economic Development, Committee of 100 (Finland), Control Arms,

Centre de Recherche et d'Etude sur la Sécurité et le Développement (CRESED) Togo, Forum on

Disarmament and Development, Fundación Arias para a Paz y el Progreso Humano, Global Network for

Human Development(GOLHD Centre), Global Thought MX , Groupe d’Action pour la consolidation de la

Paix, Human Rights Education and Peace International (HUREPI), Indian Intitute for Peace Disarmament

and Environmental Protection, Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization, Kingston and St.

Andrew Action Forum, Liberia Action Network on Small Arms, Liberians United to Expose Hidden

Weapons, Permanent Peace Movement, PAX, Peoples Federation for National Peace and Development

(PEFENAP), Pontica Group LLC, Project Ploughshares, Recherches et Documentation Juridiques Africaines

(WILPF Ghana), Women's International League for Peace and Freedom DRC (WILPF DRC), Women's Rights

to Education Program. Further participation came with Expertise France, Firearms and Ammunition

Import/Export Roundtable (F.A.I.R.), Flemish Peace Institute, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP),

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), Group for Research and Information on

Peace and Security (GRIP), Groupement des industries françaises de défense et de sécurité terrestres et

aéroterrestres (GICAT), IM Swedish Development Partner, International Action Network on Small Arms

(IANSA), Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights, Meiji University Research Institute for the

History of Global Arms Transfer, Mines Advisory Group (MAG), National Rifle Association-Institute for

Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), Nonviolence International

Southeast Asia, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Quaker United Nations Office, Release Peace,

Participants to all States Parties on 18 August 2022, contained in document

ATT/CSP8/2022/SEC/738/Conf.PartList, informing them of the composition of all delegations that have

registered as Participants to the Conference under Rules 1 and 2 as well as those that have registered to

attend as observers under Rules 3, 4, and 5, and requesting any possible objection by a State Party against

the representation of a delegation of a State Party, Signatory State or observer at the Conference to be

presented to the President no later than 10:00 local time, Saturday 20 August 2022.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany. Statements were delivered to the Conference

by H.E. Mr. Peter MAURER, President, International Committee of the Red Cross; Ms. Melanie REGIMBAL,

Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA), Germany; H.E. Mr. Simon PLÜSS, Deputy Head: Bilateral

Economic Relations and Head of Arms Control and Arms Control Policy Sector at the State Secretariat for

Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland; Mr. Isaac MORALES TENORIO, Coordinator for Multidimensional

Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; Mr. Michael HUMBEK, Chief Executive Officer,

Dynamit Nobel Defence, Germany; and Mr. Mark BROMLEY, Director of the SIPRI Dual-Use and Arms

Trade Control Programme.

for the Conference, that explored how this subject could be articulated in the context of the ATT, and

where appropriate to national context. To that end, the Conference considered the recommendations and

suggestions contained in document ATT/CSP8/2022/PRES/732/Conf.PostShip submitted by the CSP8

President. Having examined different aspects of post-shipment controls in the context of the ATT, the

Conference decided that:

all Treaty universalization efforts undertaken, in particular those of the President of the Eighth Conference

of States Parties, Ambassador Thomas GÖBEL. To take forward Treaty universalization, acknowledging

and building on efforts by successive presidencies, the Conference considered the Working Group on

Treaty Universalization Co-Chairs’ Draft Report to CSP8, contained in document

ATT/CSP8.WGTU/2022/CHAIR/735/Conf.Rep, and:

object and purpose of the Treaty, and considered the Working Group on Effective Treaty Implementation

Chair’s Draft Report to CSP8, contained in document ATT/CSP8.WGETI/2022/CHAIR/733/Conf.Rep. In that

respect, the Conference noted that draft Chapter 1 (Key concepts) of the proposed Voluntary Guide to

assist States Parties in implementing Articles 6 and 7 has been completed (Annex A to the Chairs’ report),

as a living document of a voluntary nature to be reviewed and updated regularly by the Working Group

on Effective Treaty Implementation, as appropriate. The Conference reiterated that when the elaboration

of the foreseen draft chapters of the proposed Voluntary Guide to assist States Parties in implementing

draft elements for Chapter 2 (Article 6 – Prohibitions), deriving from views exchanged during discussions

held in the CSP8 cycle, for presentation to the first meeting of the Sub-working Group in the CSP9 cycle in

2023. Following this presentation, the Facilitator will commence focused discussions on the relationship

between Article 6 and other Articles, and thereafter proceed to mitigations measures as contemplated in

the multi-year workplan.

begin his work on draft elements for a possible voluntary guide on the implementation of Article 9,

deriving from the views exchanged during discussions thus far. He will present these draft elements to the

first meeting of the Sub-working Group in the CSP9 cycle in 2023, and thereafter commence focused

Sub-working Group by one additional year to enable it to focus on the topic of post-delivery cooperation.

overview presentation by the ATT Secretariat on the current status of reporting under the Treaty. The

Conference considered the Working Group on Transparency and Reporting Co-chairs’ Draft Report to

CSP8, contained in document ATT/CSP8.WGTR/2022/CHAIR/734/Conf.Rep, and:

(DIEF) as a first opportunity for States Parties and Signatory States to exchange information on concrete

cases of detected or suspected diversion and share concrete, operational diversion-related information

as contemplated in Articles 11 and 15 of the Treaty. The Conference noted the oral briefing by the DIEF

Chair regarding the first meeting of the Forum, commended the States Parties and Signatory States that

shared information, and encouraged all States Parties and Signatory States to present cases of diversion

ATT/CSP8/2022/SEC/731/Conf.SponProgRep. The Conference expressed appreciation to the States that

have made voluntary financial contributions to the ATT Sponsorship Programme and encouraged all other

States, in a position to do so, to contribute to the Programme.

established under Article 16(3) of the Treaty to give effect to international assistance in support of Treaty

implementation at a national level. The Conference welcomed the work of the VTF undertaken in the

2021/2022 period, and took note of its Report contained in document

ATT/VTF/2022/CHAIR/736/Conf.Rep. The Conference again expressed appreciation to the States that

have made voluntary financial contributions to the Fund and encouraged all other States, in a position to

Committee and in reference to decisions of previous Conferences of States Parties, the Conference

decided that in selecting VTF projects, the VTF Selection Committee will continue to be guided by the VTF

Terms of Reference.

contained in document ATT/CSP8/2022/SEC/729/Conf.SecRep.

contained in document ATT/CSP8/2022/SEC.FIN/725/Conf.2023Bud.

document ATT/CSP8.MC/2022/MC/730/Conf.Rep.

ATT meetings, will face if the situation is not addressed. The Conference welcomed the first voluntary

financial contribution from Germany to the ATT Reserve Fund that will help guarantee the work of the

ATT Secretariat in cases of financial liquidity challenges.

of the ATT programme of work and the proposal to reduce the number of preparatory meetings by the

Tenth Conference of States Parties. Accordingly, the Conference decided to task the Management

Committee to review the ATT programme of work, in consultation with States Parties and Signatory States,

and to submit a proposal to the Ninth Conference of States Parties for a decision. In undertaking this task,

the Management Committee is directed to take into account the following: foreseen ATT universalization

decided that the informal preparatory meetings and the meetings of the Working Groups will also be held

in Geneva, Switzerland, with dates to be confirmed by the President of the Ninth Conference of States Parties.

Conference of States Parties, submitted by the ATT Secretariat as contained in document

ATT/CSP8/2022/SEC.FIN/725/Conf.2023Bud, including costs for the informal preparatory meetings and

meetings of the ATT Working Groups. The Conference further decided costs for informal preparatory and

Working Groups meetings shall include costs for document translation and in-session interpretation. The

Conference emphasised that any indirect meeting costs, such as for travel and accommodation, shall be

borne by participants.

South Africa as the four (4) vice-Presidents for the Ninth Conference of States Parties.

Finland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama, Republic of Korea, South Africa,

Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to serve on the VTF Selection Committee for two years, from the

Eighth Conference of States Parties to the Tenth Conference of States Parties.

appointed China designated by the Asia-Pacific group, to replace the Republic of Korea as a member of

the Management Committee to serve for a period of one year up to the Ninth Conference of States Parties.

for the outstanding work done as President of the Eighth Conference of States Parties in advancing the

interests of the Treaty, supporting States, and skilfully leading the intersessional work, which, together

with his chairmanship, resulted in a successful Conference.

contained in document ATT/CSP8/2022/SEC/739/Conf.FinRep and as orally amended to be issued as

document ATT/CSP8/2022/SEC/739/Conf.FinRep.Rev 1.