Welcomes the adoption by the Disarmament Commission of the report on international arms transfers, with particular reference to General Assembly resolution 46/36 H, as well as a text entitled "Guidelines for international arms transfers in the context of General Assembly resolution 46/36 H of 6 December 1991";
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InvitesMember States:
a
To enact adequate national legislation and/or regulations and adopt administrative procedures in order to exercise effective control over armaments and the export and import of arms, inter alia, with the aim of preventing trafficking in illicit arms and bringing offenders to justice;
b
To provide the Secretary-General, by 15 April 1997, with relevant information on national control measures on arms transfers with a view to preventing illicit arms transfers;
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Also invitesMember States to provide the Secretary-General, by 15 April 1997, with their views on:
a
Effective ways and means of collecting weapons transferred illicitly, in particular in the light of experience gained by the United Nations;
b
Concrete proposals concerning measures at national, regional and international levels to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General:
a
To submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session a report containing the views expressed by Member States;
b
To report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the effective implementation of the present resolution;
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Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "Measures to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms".
