Small Arms

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 71 General and complete disarmament and 71m Small arms, published in 1999.

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]

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/54[V]	Small arms	—	—
1999	A/RES/53/77[E]	Small arms	—	—
1998	A/RES/52/38[J]	Small arms	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Arms Industry Arms Transfers Conferences Feasibility Studies Illicit Arms Trafficking Recommendations Report Preparation Small Arms

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

A/RES/53/77 [E]

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Decides to convene an international conference on the illicit arms trade in all its aspects no later than 2001;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report containing his recommendations to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session, with a view to a decision by the Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the objective, scope, agenda, dates, venue of and preparatory committee for an international conference on the illicit arms trade in all its aspects;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in preparing his report in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present resolution:

To seek the views of all Member States on the objective, scope, agenda, dates and venue of and preparatory work for an international conference on the illicit arms trade in all its aspects and to take into account these views as well as the views already expressed by them in their replies to the request of the Secretary-General for their views in accordance with paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 52/38 J;

To take into account his report on small arms,10 as well as relevant recommendations to be made in his report prepared with the assistance of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, which will be submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with paragraph 5 of Assembly resolution 52/38 J;

Welcomes the offer by the Government of Switzerland to host in Geneva, no later than 2001, an international conference on the illicit arms trade in all its aspects;

Requests the Secretary-General, in order to assist in preventing the illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons, to initiate a study as soon as possible, within available financial resources and with any other assistance provided by Member States in a position to do so, on the feasibility of restricting the manufacture and trade of such weapons to the manufacturers and dealers authorized by States;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Small arms”.

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