Invites Member States: (a) to enact adequate national legislation and/or regulations and adopt administrative procedures in order to exercise effective control over armaments and the export and import of arms; (b) to provide the Secretary-General, by 15 Apr. 1997, with relevant information on national control measures on arms transfers; also invites Member States to provide the Secretary-General, by 15 Apr. 1997, with their views on: (a) effective ways and means of collecting weapons transferred illicitly; (b) concrete proposals concerning measures at national, regional and international levels to curb the illicit transfer and use of conventional arms.

Adopted without vote, 79th meeting

Adopted at the 79th plenary meeting, 10 Dec. 1996.
In: General and complete disarmament. - resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. - A/RES/51/45. - 10 Jan. 1997. - p. 10-11.