Assistance to States for Curbing the Illicit Traffic in Small Arms and Collecting Them

A/RES/53/77[B]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 71 General and complete disarmament and 71f Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1997–2004

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/59/74

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2004	A/RES/59/74	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them	1,060	89%Compare
2003	A/RES/58/58	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them	1,014	89%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/70	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them	1,014	—
2002	A/RES/56/24[U]	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them	—	—
2001	A/RES/55/33[F]	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them	—	—

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2003–2005

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/161	Assistance to States for curbing illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/74
2004	A/59/181	Assistance to States for curbing illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/58
2003	A/58/207	Assistance to States for curbing illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them ; the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects ; consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/70

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Arms Transfers Consultations Illicit Arms Trafficking Mali Small Arms Sudano-Sahelian Region Weapons Destruction

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

A/RES/53/77 [B]

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Welcomes the initiative taken by Mali concerning the question of the illicit circulation of small arms and their collection in the affected States of the Saharo-Sahelian subregion;

Also welcomes the Declaration of a Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa, adopted by the heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States at Abuja on 31 October 1998, and urges the international community to give its support to the implementation of the moratorium;

Further welcomes the action taken by the Secretary-General in implementation of this initiative in the context of General Assembly resolution 40/151 H of 16 December 1985;

Thanks the Governments concerned in the subregion for the substantial support that they have given to the United Nations advisory missions, and welcomes the declared readiness of other States to receive the United Nations Advisory Mission;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts, in the context of the implementation of resolution 49/75 G and of the recommendations of the United Nations advisory missions, to curb the illicit circulation of small arms and to collect such arms in the affected States that so request, with the support of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa and in close cooperation with the Organization of African Unity;

Notes that, as part of its efforts to halt the flow of small arms into Mali and the Saharo-Sahelian subregion, the Government of Mali oversaw the destruction, at the “Flame of Peace” ceremony held at Timbuktu, Mali, on 27 March 1996, of thousands of small arms handed over by ex-combatants of the armed movements of northern Mali;

Encourages the setting up in the countries of the Saharo-Sahelian subregion of national commissions against the proliferation of small arms, and invites the international community to support as far as possible the smooth functioning of the national commissions where they have been set up;

Takes note of the conclusions of the ministerial consultation on the proposal for a moratorium on the importing, exporting and manufacture of light weapons in the region, held at Bamako on 26 March 1997, and encourages the States concerned to pursue their consultations on the matter;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to examine the issue and to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them”.

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