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Where and how often are meetings held?
In accordance with the objectives of the Arrangement, Participating States meet on a regular basis to ensure that transfers of conventional arms and transfers of dual-use goods and technologies are carried out responsibility and in furtherance of international and regional peace and security. Meetings are held in Vienna, where the Arrangement has established its headquarters and a small Secretariat. Plenary Meetings are held at least once a year and the Plenary has established a General Working Group and an Experts' Group, which meet periodically. Decisions are made by consensus. The Wassenaar Arrangement has decided to conduct outreach activities to prospective members and non-members. These outreach activities, conducted by the Plenary Chairman, Secretariat personnel or by teams composed of Participating State representatives, are designed to prepare prospective members for admission and to keep non-members informed about the group's activities, within the limits set by the Arrangement's confidentiality guidelines, and encouraged to maintain effective export controls and appropriate national policies.
Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS),USDOC
http://www.bis.doc.gov/wassenaar/default.htm
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