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General and Complete Disarmament Resolutions

A/RES/49/75[M]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62h Measures to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms, published in 1995.

What else is in this group?

239 documents · 1960–2002
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2002).
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2002
A/RES/56/24

General and complete disarmament resolutions

14,237–
2001
A/RES/55/33

General and complete disarmament resolutions

16,682–
2000
A/RES/54/54

General and complete disarmament resolutions

15,691–
1999
A/RES/53/77

General and complete disarmament resolutions

17,006–
1998
A/RES/52/38

General and complete disarmament

11,793–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

A/RES/49/75 [M]

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1
Invites the Disarmament Commission to:
a
Expedite its consideration of the agenda item on international arms transfers, with special emphasis on the adverse consequences of the illicit transfer of arms and ammunition;
b
Study measures to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms;
2
Invites Member States to provide the Secretary-General with relevant information on national control measures on arms transfers with a view to preventing illicit arms transfers and, in this context, to take immediate, appropriate and effective measures to seek to ensure that illicit transfers of arms are discontinued;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to:
a
Seek the views of Member States on effective ways and means of collecting weapons illicitly transferred in interested countries, as well as on concrete proposals concerning measures at national, regional and international levels to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms;
b
Study, within the existing resources, upon request from the concerned Member States, the possibilities of the collection of weapons illicitly transferred in the light of the experience gained by the United Nations and the views expressed by Member States and to submit a report on the result of his study to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session;
4
Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its fiftieth session on the implementation of the present resolution;
5
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session the item entitled "Measures to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms".

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