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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73l Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them, published in 2003.

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?

12 subjects

Africa Cooperation Between Organizations Declarations Financial Resources Illicit Arms Trafficking Programme Implementation Regional Security Small Arms Sudano-Sahelian Region Technical Cooperation Weapons Surrender West Africa

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Notes with satisfaction the Declaration of the Ministerial Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa, held at Abuja on 8 and 9 May 2000,¹¹ and encourages the Secretary-General to pursue his efforts in the context of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 49/75 G of 15 December 1994 and 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 African Union;

¹¹A/55/286, annex II, decision AHG/Decl. 4 (XXXVI).

Welcomes the decision of the Economic Community of West African States to renew the Declaration of a Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa3 for a three-year period, until October 2004, and encourages the international community to support the implementation of the moratorium;

Encourages the establishment in the countries of the Sahelo-Saharan subregion of national commissions to combat the illicit proliferation of small arms, and invites the international community to lend its support wherever possible to ensure the smooth functioning of the commissions;

Also encourages the involvement of organizations and associations of civil society in the efforts of the national commissions 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 as well as in the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects;9

Further encourages cooperation among 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;

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

Takes note also of the conclusions of the African Conference on the Implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms: Needs and Partnerships, held at Pretoria from 18 to 21 March 2002;

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;

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

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

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