Transparency in Armaments

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98g Transparency in armaments, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 1997–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/28

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/28	Transparency in armaments	1,260	79%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/69	Transparency in armaments	1,273	86%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/53	Transparency in armaments	1,172	54%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/44	Transparency in armaments	1,415	62%Compare
2013	A/RES/68/43	Transparency in armaments	1,150	80%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

16 reports · 2013–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/202	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/28
2025	A/80/226	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/69
2024	A/79/216	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/69
2023	A/78/165	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/69
2022	A/77/165	United Nations Register of Conventional Arms report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/53

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Groups of Experts Information Exchange Report Preparation Small Arms Transparency in Armaments

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms its determination to ensure the effective operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, as provided for in paragraphs 7 to 10 of resolution 46/36 L;

Endorses the report of the Secretary-General on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development and the recommendations contained in the consensus report of the 2016 group of governmental experts;4

Decides to adapt the scope of the Register in conformity with the recommendations contained in the 2016 report of the Secretary-General;4

Calls upon Member States, with a view to achieving universal participation, to provide the Secretary-General, by 31 May annually, with the requested data and information for the Register, including nil reports if appropriate, using the updated online reporting tool, on the basis of resolutions 46/36 L and 47/52 L, the recommendations contained in paragraph 64 of the 1997 report of the Secretary-General on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development,⁶ the recommendations contained in paragraph 94 of the 2000 report of the Secretary-General and the appendices and annexes thereto,⁷ the recommendations contained in paragraphs 112 to 114 of the 2003 report of the Secretary-General,⁸ the recommendations contained in paragraphs 123 to 127 of the 2006 report of the Secretary-General,⁹ the recommendations contained in paragraphs 71 to 75 of the 2009 report of the Secretary-General,¹⁰ the recommendations contained in paragraphs 69 to 76 of the 2013 report of the Secretary-General¹¹ and the recommendations contained in paragraphs 81 to 94 of the 2016 report of the Secretary-General;

⁶A/52/316 and Corr.2.

⁷A/55/281.

⁸A/58/274.

⁹A/61/261.

¹⁰A/64/296.

¹¹A/68/140.

Invites Member States in a position to do so, pending further development of the Register, to provide additional information on procurement through national production and military holdings as part of their background information and to make use of the de facto reporting form, or any other method they deem appropriate, for the respective elements;

Reaffirms its decision, with a view to further development of the Register, to keep the scope of and participation in the Register under review, and to that end:

Calls upon Member States to submit their views on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development, including on whether the absence of small arms and light weapons as a main category in the Register has limited its relevance and directly affected decisions on participation, by completing the questionnaire to be dispatched by the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat;

Requests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of a group of governmental experts to be convened in 2019, within existing resources, with the broadest possible participation, in line with the recommendation contained in paragraph 93 of the 2016 report of the Secretary-General, and on the basis of equitable geographical representation, to prepare a report on the continuing operation and relevance of the Register and its further development, taking into account the work of the Conference on Disarmament, relevant deliberations within the United Nations, the views expressed by Member States and the reports of the Secretary-General on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development, with a view to taking a decision at its seventy-fourth session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to assist Member States to build capacity to submit meaningful reports, and encourages States in a position to do so to provide assistance for this purpose upon request, including capacity to report on small arms and light weapons using the seven plus one formula, inter alia, by circulating to Member States the reporting forms, category descriptions and guidance on using the online reporting tool;

Further requests the Secretary-General to provide Member States with the opportunity to submit a nil return valid for a maximum of three years, so as to increase the level of reporting to the Register, and to continue to send annual requests to participate in the Register to such Member States, as proposed in the recommendations contained in the consensus report of the 2016 group of governmental experts;

Requests the Secretary-General to update and reissue the information booklet entitled “Guidelines for Reporting International Transfers: Questions and Answers”;

Requests the Secretary-General to implement the recommendations contained in his 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2016 reports on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development and to ensure that sufficient resources are made available for the Secretariat to operate and maintain the Register;

Invites the Conference on Disarmament to consider continuing its work undertaken in the field of transparency in armaments;

Reiterates its call upon all Member States to cooperate at the regional and subregional levels, taking fully into account the specific conditions prevailing in the region or subregion, with a view to enhancing and coordinating international and regional efforts aimed at increased openness and transparency in armaments;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session on progress made in implementing the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Transparency in armaments”.

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