Prevention of the illicit transfer and unauthorized access to and use of man-portable air defence systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Emphasizes the importance of the full implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; urges Member States to support current efforts to combat and prevent the illicit transfer of man-portable air defence systems and unauthorized access to and use of such weapons; encourages Member States to enact or improve legislation, regulations, procedures and stockpile management practices to exercise effective control over access to and transfer of man-portable air defence systems; also encourages Member States, in accordance with their legal and constitutional processes, to enact or improve legislation, regulations and procedures to ban the transfer of man-portable air defence systems to non-State end-users and to ensure that such weapons are exported only to Governments or agents authorized by a Government; encourages initiatives to exchange information and to mobilize resources and technical expertise to assist States, at their request, in enhancing national controls and stockpile management practices and to destroy excess or obsolete stockpiles of man-portable air defence systems, as appropriate.

Adopted without vote, 61st plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 62nd sess., Suppl. no. 49.