Illicit traffic in small arms

Requests the Secretary-General to hold broad-based consultations, within available financial resources and with any other assistance provided by Member States, taking into account the ongoing work of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, with all Member States, interested regional and subregional organizations, international agencies, and experts in the field on: (a) the magnitude and scope of the phenomenon of illicit trafficking in small arms; (b) possible measures to combat illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms, including those suited to indigenous regional approaches; (c) the role of UN in collecting, collating, sharing and disseminating information on illicit trafficking in small arms; also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 54th session on the outcome of his consultations; invites Member States in a position to do so to provide the necessary assistance in support of the implementation of measures associated with combating illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms.

Adopted without vote, 79th meeting

Adopted at the 79th plenary meeting, 4 Dec. 1998.
In: General and complete disarmament : resolutions / adopted by the General Assembly - A/RES/53/77 - 12 Jan. 1999 - p. 28-30.