Towards an Arms Trade Treaty : Establishing Common International Standards for the Import, Export and Transfer of Conventional Arms

A/RES/61/89No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 90General and complete disarmament, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2006–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/240

2009A/RES/63/240Towards an arms trade treaty : establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional armsLatestCompare with previous version
2006A/RES/61/89Towards an arms trade treaty : establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms

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What subjects does this mandate have?

10 topics

Arms Transfers Conventional Weapons Exports Geographical Distribution Groups of Experts Imports Information Exchange International Instruments Report Preparation Standards

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2007.

2007A/62/278/Add.1Towards an arms trade treaty establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms : report of the Secretary-General : addendum
2007A/62/278(Part I)Towards an arms trade treaty : establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms : report of the Secretary-General
2007A/62/278(Part II)Towards an arms trade treaty establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms : report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms, and to submit a report on the subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to establish a group of governmental experts, on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, informed by the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session, to examine, commencing in 2008, the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms, and to transmit the report of the group of experts to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-third session;

Further requests the Secretary-General to provide the group of governmental experts with any assistance and services that may be required for the discharge of its tasks;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session an item entitled “Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms”.

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