{"id":2105,"date":"2026-07-29T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/wa-20th-anniversary-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:28:39","slug":"wa-20th-anniversary-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/de\/wa-20th-anniversary-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"WA 20th Anniversary 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-hero-section\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wa20thaniv.png);\">\r\n    <div class=\"mask\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bg_20thaniv.png);\"><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row align-items-end has-height\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-lg-7\">\r\n                <div class=\"section-title\"><h1>WA 20th Anniversary 2016<\/h1><\/div>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"about-content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-3\">\n                \n                <form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" class=\"d-flex\" action=\"https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/de\/\">\n    <input\n        type=\"search\"\n        class=\"form-control me-2\"\n        placeholder=\"Search website\"\n        value=\"\"\n        name=\"s\"\n        aria-label=\"Search\"\n    >\n    <button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"submit\">Search<\/button>\n<\/form><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_20_Anniversary_Event-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"WA 20th Anniversary Event\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_20_Anniversary_Event-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_20_Anniversary_Event-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_20_Anniversary_Event.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-lg-9\">\n                <div class=\"text-block\" id=\"\"><p>Agreement to establish the Wassenaar Arrangement was reached on 19 December 1995 in Wassenaar, near The Hague, in the Netherlands. The first Plenary meeting of the operational Wassenaar Arrangement was held on 12-13 December 1996 in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n<p>The Wassenaar Arrangement marked its 20th Anniversary in 2016.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1119\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1119\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wassenaar.org\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WA_20_Anniversary_Event.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1119\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WA_20_Anniversary_Event-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"WA 20th Anniversary Event\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" align=\"\u201dleft\u201d\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Wassenaar Arrangement\u2019s 20th Anniversary activities culminated on 6 December 2016 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmeia.gv.at\/en\/the-ministry\/press\/announcements\/2016\/12\/vienna-as-a-centre-for-multilateral-security-diplomacy-20th-anniversary-of-the-wassenaar-arrangement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special commemorative event<\/a> hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA) in conjunction with the WA\u2019s twenty-second Plenary meeting in Vienna. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinhartBMEIA\/status\/806206041566408704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> BMEIA Secretary-General Michael Linhart<\/a> gave a <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Speech-Linhart-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> welcoming address<\/a>, followed by brief statements by the 2016 WA Plenary Chair Ambassador <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Speech-PLM-Chair.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannu Kyr\u00f6l\u00e4inen<\/a> (Finland), and Wassenaar Arrangement Head of Secretariat <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Speech-HOS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Griffiths<\/a>. Mr. Sten Lundbo (Norway), one of the key figures in the establishment of the Arrangement, and former WA Head of Secretariat Sune Danielsson also made <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Remarks-S.Lundbo-and-S.Danielsson-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarks<\/a>. Aimed at raising awareness of the WA\u2019s contributions over 20 years, the occasion brought together invited guests including representatives of WA outreach partners, persons with a particular connection to the WA, heads of Vienna-based international organisations and other relevant international organisations, representatives of relevant NGOs, as well as WA Participating State delegates and the WA Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>Preceding WA 20th Anniversary events in 2016 included a technically-focused <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/June-2016-Workshop-media-release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Practical Workshop<\/a> which was held on 27-28 June 2016 in Vienna to share information with an invited group of non-member countries.<\/p>\n<p><i><small>Photo courtesy of Dodge and Burn for Cercle Diplomatique<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"flags-section\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n       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