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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98o Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

21 versions · 2006–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/36

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/36	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them	1,006	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/31	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them	1,004	98%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/54	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them	1,005	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/80	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them	1,005	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/32	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them	1,005	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

16 reports · 2006–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/72	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/36
2025	A/80/111	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/31
2024	A/79/77	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/54
2023	A/78/126	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/80
2022	A/77/77	Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/32

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Civil Society Cooperation Between Organizations Financial Assistance Illicit Arms Trafficking International Instruments Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Regional Security Small Arms Sudano-Sahelian Region Technical Cooperation Weapons Surrender West Africa

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Commends the United Nations and international, regional and other organizations for their assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them;

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 light weapons and collecting them 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;

Encourages the international community to support the implementation of the Economic Community of West African States Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and Other Related Materials;

Encourages the countries of the Sahelo-Saharan subregion to facilitate the effective functioning of national commissions to combat the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons, and, in that regard, invites the international community to lend its support wherever possible;

Encourages the collaboration of civil society organizations and associations in the efforts of the national commissions to combat the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and 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;⁸

⁸See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, New York, 9–20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24.

Also encourages cooperation among State organs, international organizations and civil society in supporting programmes and projects aimed at combating the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons 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 help to combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons;

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

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

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

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