A/RES/70/64
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 December 2015
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 98 (e)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2015
[on the report of the First Committee (A/70/461)]
70/64.
Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the
United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security
Questions in Central Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 69/73 of
2 December 2014,
Recalling also the guidelines for general and complete disarmament adopted at its
tenth special session, the first special session devoted to disarmament,
Bearing in mind the establishment by the Secretary-General on 28 May 1992 of the
United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, the
purpose of which is to encourage arms limitation, disarmament, non-proliferation and
development in the Central Africa subregion,
Reaffirming that the purpose of the Standing Advisory Committee is to conduct
reconstruction and confidence-building activities in Central Africa among its member
States, including through confidence-building and arms limitation measures,
Welcoming the entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty1 on 24 December 2014,
and taking note of the First Conference of States Parties, held in Cancun, Mexico, from
24 to 27 August 2015, and taking note also of the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States to
Consider 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, held in
New York from 16 to 20 June 2014, and the second Open-ended Meeting of
Governmental Experts on 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, held in New York from 1 to 5 June 2015,
Convinced that the resources released by disarmament, including regional
disarmament, can be devoted to economic and social development and to the protection of
the environment for the benefit of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries,
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See resolution 67/234 B.
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