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

A/RES/56/24[U]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74g Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them, published in 2002.

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?

9 subjects

Civil Society Financial Assistance Illicit Arms Trafficking Report Preparation Small Arms Sudano-Sahelian Region Technical Cooperation Weapons Surrender West Africa

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

A/RES/56/24 [U]

U

Notes with satisfaction the Declaration of the Ministerial Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa, held in Abuja on 8 and 9 May 2000, encourages the Secretary-General to pursue his action in the context of the implementation of resolution 49/75 G of 15 December 1994 and of the recommendations of the United Nations advisory missions, aimed at curbing the illicit circulation of small arms and collecting 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 establishment in the countries of the Sahelo-Saharan subregion of national commissions to combat the proliferation of small arms, and invites the international community to lend its support wherever possible to ensure the smooth functioning of the said commissions;

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 in Abuja on 31 October 1998, and encourages the international community to support the implementation of the said moratorium;

Encourages the involvement of civil society organizations and associations in the efforts of the national committees to combat the illicit traffic in small arms and their participation in the implementation of the moratorium on the importation, exportation and manufacture of small arms and light weapons in West Africa;

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

Encourages cooperation between State organs, international organizations and civil society in combating the illicit traffic in small arms and supporting operations to collect the said arms in the subregions;

Invites the Secretary-General and those States and organizations that are in a position to do so to provide assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them;

Calls upon the international community to provide technical and financial support to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations to take action to combat the illicit trade in small arms;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to consider the matter and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

U

Table of contents