A/RES/56/24 financial resources and with any other assistance provided by States in a position to do so, and with the assistance of governmental experts appointed by him on the basis of equitable geographical representation, while seeking the views of States, to examine the feasibility of developing an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons and to submit the study to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session; 11. Decides to consider at its fifty-seventh session further steps to enhance international cooperation in preventing, combating and eradicating illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons; 12. Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, through the Department for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat, to collate and circulate data and information provided by States on a voluntary basis, including national reports, on the implementation by those States of the Programme of Action; 13. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution; 14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session an item entitled “The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects”. 92nd plenary meeting 24 December 2001 37