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Small Arms

A/RES/52/38[J]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 71b Small arms, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1998–2000
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/54[V]
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2000
A/RES/54/54[V]

Small arms

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1999
A/RES/53/77[E]

Small arms

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1998
A/RES/52/38[J]

Small arms

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What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects
ConferencesExplosivesGroups of ExpertsIllicit Arms TraffickingMilitary DemobilizationRecommendationsReport PreparationSmall ArmsWeapons Destruction

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

A/RES/52/38 [J]

J

1
Endorses the recommendations contained in the report on small arms,19 which was approved unanimously by the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, bearing in mind the views of Member States on the recommendations;
2
Calls upon all Member States to implement the relevant recommendations to the extent possible and where necessary in cooperation with appropriate international and regional organizations and/or through international and regional cooperation among police, intelligence, customs and border control services;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to implement the relevant recommendations, in particular to initiate a study on the problems of ammunition and explosives in all their aspects, as early as possible, within available financial resources, and in cooperation with appropriate international and regional organizations where necessary;
4
Also requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the report and on the steps that they have taken to implement its recommendations, and, in particular, to seek their views on the recommendation concerning the convening of an international conference on the illicit arms trade in all its aspects in time for consideration by the General Assembly at its fifty-third session;
5
Further requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report, with the assistance of a group of governmental experts to be nominated by him in 1998 on the basis of equitable geographical representation, (a) on the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the report on small arms and (b) on further actions recommended to be taken, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session;
6
Encourages Member States and the Secretary-General to carry out recommendations for post-conflict situations, including demobilization of former combatants and disposal and destruction of weapons;
7
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Small arms".

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