United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/62/47
Distr.: General
10 January 2008
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 98 (l)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2007
[on the report of the First Committee (A/62/391)]
62/47. The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its
aspects
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 56/24 V of 24 December 2001, 57/72 of 22 November
2002, 58/241 of 23 December 2003, 59/86 of 3 December 2004, 60/81 of
8 December 2005 and 61/66 of 6 December 2006,
Emphasizing the importance of the continued and 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, adopted by the United Nations
Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its
Aspects, 1
Welcoming the efforts by Member States to submit, on a voluntary basis,
national reports on their implementation of the Programme of Action,
Noting with satisfaction regional and subregional efforts being undertaken in
support of the implementation of the Programme of Action, and commending the
progress that has already been made in this regard, including tackling both supply
and demand factors that are relevant to addressing the illicit trade in small arms and
light weapons,
Recognizing the efforts undertaken by non-governmental organizations in the
provision of assistance to States for the implementation of the Programme of
Action,
Recalling that, as part of the follow-up to the United Nations Conference on
the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, it was agreed
that meetings of States should be convened on a biennial basis to consider the
national, regional and global implementation of the Programme of Action, 2
Recognizing that illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons is a serious
problem that the international community should address urgently,
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1
See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All
Its Aspects, New York, 9–20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24.
2
Ibid., sect. IV, para. 1 (b).
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