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

A/RES/55/33[F]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 73 General and complete disarmament and 73l Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them, published in 2001.

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

Africa Civil Society Illicit Arms Trafficking Programmes of Action Regional Cooperation Small Arms Weapons Surrender

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

A/RES/55/33 [F]

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Welcomes with satisfaction the Declaration of the Ministerial Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa, held at Abuja on 8 and 9 May 2000, encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts, in the context of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 49/75 G of 15 December 1994 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;

Encourages the setting up in the countries in 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;

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;

Recommends the involvement of organizations and associations of civil society in efforts to combat the illicit circulation of small arms in the context of the national commissions and their participation in the implementation of the moratorium on the importation, exportation and manufacture of small arms;

Takes note of the conclusions of the meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Economic Community of West African States, held at Bamako on 24 and 25 March 1999, on the modalities for the implementation of the Programme for Coordination and Assistance for Security and Development, and welcomes the adoption by the meeting of a plan of action;

Expresses its full support for the appeal launched by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its thirty-fifth ordinary session for a coordinated African approach, under the auspices of the Organization of African Unity, to the problems posed by the proliferation, illicit circulation of and traffic in small arms, bearing in mind the experiences and activities of the various regions in this regard;

Encourages cooperation among State bodies, international organizations and civil society in combating the illicit circulation of small arms and supporting operations at the subregional level;

Expresses its full support for the convening of a United Nations conference on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects in June/July 2001, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 54/54 V of 15 December 1999;

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

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

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