Small Arms

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 76f Small arms, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1998–2000

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/54[V]	Small arms	—	—
1999	A/RES/53/77[E]	Small arms	—	—
1998	A/RES/52/38[J]	Small arms	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Agenda Arms Transfers Conferences Groups of Experts Illicit Arms Trafficking Meeting Records Programmes of Action Regional Organizations Rules of Procedure Small Arms

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

A/RES/54/54 [V]

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Decides to convene the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in June/July 2001;

Also decides that the scope of the Conference shall be the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects;

Further decides to establish a preparatory committee open to participation by all States, which will hold no fewer than three sessions, the first session to be held in New York from 28 February to 3 March 2000;

Decides that the specialized agencies, other relevant intergovernmental organizations and relevant entities, having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and in the work of the General Assembly, shall participate, as observers, in the Preparatory Committee, and requests the Committee to take a decision on the modalities of attendance of non-governmental organizations at its sessions;

Requests the Preparatory Committee to decide, at its first session, on the date and venue of the Conference in 2001 as well as on the dates and venue of its subsequent sessions;

Stresses the need to ensure the widest possible and effective participation in the Conference in 2001;

Requests the Preparatory Committee to make recommendations to the Conference on all relevant matters, including the objective, a draft agenda, draft rules of procedure and draft final documents, which will include a programme of action, and to decide on background documents to be made available in advance;

Invites all Member States, in particular those that have not yet done so, in response to the note verbale of the Secretary-General dated 20 January 1999, to communicate to the Secretary-General their views on the agenda and other relevant questions relating to the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the replies of Member States relevant to paragraph 8 above to the Preparatory Committee and to render to the Preparatory Committee and the Conference all necessary assistance, including the provision of essential background information, relevant documents and summary records;

Endorses the report of the Secretary-General on small arms, prepared with the assistance of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms pursuant to General Assembly resolution 52/38 J,28 bearing in mind the views of Member States on the report;

Calls upon all Member States to implement the relevant recommendations contained in section IV of that report to the extent possible and where necessary in cooperation with appropriate international and regional organizations and/or through international and regional cooperation;

Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the report as well as on the implementation of the relevant recommendations contained therein;

Also requests the Secretary-General to implement the relevant recommendations contained in section IV of the report within available financial resources and with any other assistance provided by States in a position to do so and in cooperation with appropriate international and regional organizations where necessary;

Further requests the Secretary-General, in order to assist in preventing the illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons:

To carry out a study, within available financial resources and with any other assistance provided by Member States in a position to do so, and with the assistance of governmental experts appointed by him, on the basis of equitable geographical representation, while seeking the views of Member States, on the feasibility of restricting the manufacture and trade of such weapons to the manufacturers and dealers authorized by States, which will cover the brokering activities, particularly illicit activities, relating to small arms and light weapons, including transportation agents and financial transactions;

To submit the study as one of the background documents for the Conference to be held in 2001;

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

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 944, No. 13446.

Ibid., vol. 729, No. 10485.

See CD/1478.

APLC/MSP.1/1999/1, part II.

See A/43/398, annex I.

See A/44/603, annex I.

See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference, Thirty-fourth Regular Session, 17-21 September 1990 (GC(XXXIV)/RESOLUTIONS (1990)).

Ibid., Thirty-eighth Regular Session, 19-23 September 1994 (GC(XXXVIII)/RES/DEC (1994)).

A/51/131, annex I, para. 20.

The Conference of the Committee on Disarmament became the Committee on Disarmament as from the tenth special session of the General Assembly. The Committee on Disarmament was redesignated the Conference on Disarmament as from 7 February 1984.

See A/46/390, annex I.

Resolution S-10/2.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/54/27), chap. III, sect. E.

See GOV/INF/821-GC(41)/INF/12, appendix l.

See resolution 50/245.

See A/54/514-S/1999/1102, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-fourth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1999, document S/1999/1102.

A/54/205-S/1999/853, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-fourth Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1999, document S/1999/853.

CD/1299.

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 18: 1993 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.IX.1), appendix II.

International Atomic Energy Agency, INFCIRC/540(Corrected).

1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I)), annex.

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Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 8 July 1996 (A/51/218, annex).

A/53/138, annex.

A/54/372.

Ibid., sect. III.A.

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1456, No. 24631.

A/54/258.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/54/42), annex III.

A/52/289.

See resolution 46/36 L.

Resolution 2826 (XXVI), annex.

A/54/226 and Add.1 and 2.

A/52/871-S/1998/318; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1998, document S/1998/318.

S/PRST/1999/28; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1999.

A/54/424, annex II, decision AHG/Decl.1 (XXXV).

See CD/1556.

A/53/681, annex.

A/53/763-S/1998/1194, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1998, document S/1998/1194.

A/54/424, annex II, decision AHG/Dec.137 (XXXV), para. 10.

A/51/218, annex.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/54/42), annex I.

1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I)), annex, decision 2.

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068.

See The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 10: 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.IX.7), appendix VII.

Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.

A/50/426, annex.

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 402, No. 5778.

Official Records of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, vol. XVII (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.84.V.3), document A/CONF.62/122.

CD/1064.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/48/42), annex II.

A/52/316 and Corr.2.

A/49/316 and A/52/316 and Corr.2.

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 16: 1991 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.92.IX.1), appendix II.

A/53/667-S/1998/1071, annex I; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1998, document S/1998/1071.

A/C.1/51/12, annex.

CD/1463.

A/54/469-S/1999/1063, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-fourth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1999, document S/1999/1063.

CD/1571.

A/54/161 and Add.1.

A/54/404 and Add.1.

A/54/424, annex II, decision AHG/Dec.137 (XXXV).

See A/53/78, annex.

A/54/488-S/1999/1082, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-fourth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1999, document S/1999/1082.

A/54/374, annex.

A/52/298 and A/54/258.

See resolution 53/77 E.

A/54/260.

A/54/163 and Add.1.

United Nations publication, Sales No. E.87.IX.8.

See A/54/254, paras. 11 and 12.

A/54/254.

United Nations publication, Sales No. E.87.IX.8, para. 35.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/54/42).

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