Illicit Traffic in Small Arms

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 71 General and complete disarmament, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1999–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/54[R]

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/54[R]	Illicit traffic in small arms	—	—
1999	A/RES/53/77[T]	Illicit traffic in small arms	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Consultations Data Collection Illicit Arms Trafficking Information Dissemination Information Exchange Small Arms

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

A/RES/53/77 [T]

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Requests the Secretary-General to hold broad-based consultations, within available financial resources and with any other assistance provided by Member States in a position to do so, taking into account the ongoing work of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, with all Member States, interested regional and subregional organizations, international agencies, and experts in the field on:

The magnitude and scope of the phenomenon of illicit trafficking in small arms;

Possible measures to combat illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms, including those suited to indigenous regional approaches;

The role of the United Nations in collecting, collating, sharing and disseminating information on illicit trafficking in small arms;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the outcome of his consultations;

Invites Member States in a position to do so to provide the necessary assistance, bilaterally, regionally and through multilateral channels, such as the United Nations, in support of the implementation of measures associated with combating illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session an item entitled “Illicit traffic in small arms”.

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