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Preventing and Combating Illicit Brokering Activities

A/RES/63/67No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 89General and complete disarmament and 89jAssistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2009–2018
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/73/63
  • 2018A/RES/73/63Preventing and combating illicit brokering activitiesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/71/36Preventing and combating illicit brokering activitiesCompare with previous version
  • 2014A/RES/69/62Preventing and combating illicit brokering activitiesCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/RES/67/43Preventing and combating illicit brokering activitiesCompare with previous version
  • 2011A/RES/65/75Preventing and combating illicit brokering activitiesCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 topics
Arms TransfersCapacity BuildingCivil SocietyConventional WeaponsIllicit Arms TraffickingInformation ExchangeInternational CooperationLaws and RegulationsRegional CooperationSmall ArmsWeapons of Mass Destruction

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Underlines the commitment of Member States to address the threat posed by illicit brokering activities;
2
Encourages Member States to fully implement relevant international treaties, instruments and resolutions to prevent and combat illicit brokering activities;
3
Calls upon Member States to establish appropriate national laws and/or measures to prevent and combat the illicit brokering of conventional arms and of materials, equipment and technology that could contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, in a manner consistent with international law;
4
Acknowledges that national efforts to prevent and combat illicit brokering activities can be reinforced by such efforts at the regional and subregional levels;
5
Emphasizes the importance of international cooperation and assistance, capacity-building and information-sharing in preventing and combating illicit brokering activities;
6
Encourages Member States to draw, where appropriate, on the relevant expertise of civil society in developing effective measures to prevent and combat illicit brokering activities;
7
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session an item entitled “Preventing and combating illicit brokering activities”.

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