Transparency in Armaments

A/RES/54/54[I]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 76b Transparency in armaments, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 1997–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/28

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/28	Transparency in armaments	1,260	79%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/69	Transparency in armaments	1,273	86%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/53	Transparency in armaments	1,172	54%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/44	Transparency in armaments	1,415	62%Compare
2013	A/RES/68/43	Transparency in armaments	1,150	80%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

16 reports · 2013–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/202	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/28
2025	A/80/226	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/69
2024	A/79/216	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/69
2023	A/78/165	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/69
2022	A/77/165	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/53

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Arms Transfers Confidence-Building Measures Conventional Weapons Disarmament Groups of Experts Information Exchange International Security Nuclear Weapons Transparency in Armaments Weapons of Mass Destruction

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

A/RES/54/54 [I]

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on transparency in armaments;

Recalls the reports of the Group of Governmental Experts on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, which convened in 1994 and 1997 to consider the continuing operation of the Register31 and its development, and the views expressed and proposals presented therein;

Recognizes the importance of achieving greater progress in the development of the Register in order that it may truly enhance confidence-building and security among States and accelerate efforts towards attainment of general and complete disarmament;

Requests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of the Group of Governmental Experts to be convened in the year 2000 and taking into account the views submitted by Member States, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on:

The early expansion of the scope of the Register;

The elaboration of practical means for the development of the Register in order to increase transparency related to weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and to transfers of equipment and technology directly related to the development and manufacture of such weapons;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “Transparency in armaments”.

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