Multiple choice

Recently the USA decided to support India's membership in multi-lateral export control regimes called the “Australia Group” and the “Wassenaar Arrangements”. What is the difference between them?

  1. The Australia Group is an informal arrangement which aims to allow exporting countries to minimize the risk of assiting chemical and biological weapons proliferation, whereas the Wassenaar Arrangement is a formal group under the OECD holding identical objectives.
  2. The Australia Group comprises predominantly of Asian, African and Page 9 North American countries, whereas the member countries of Wassenaar Arrangement are predominantly from the European Union and American continents.

Which of the statements given above is/ correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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Explanation

Australian Group deals in Biological and Chemical weapons while Wassenaar Arrangement deals in conventional arms, thus both don't have identical goals. Australia Group has 41 members, including all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members except Mexico, the European Commission, all 27 Member States of the European Union, Croatia, Ukraine and Argentina. There is not even a single member from Africa.

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