United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/64/50
Distr.: General
12 January 2010
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 96 (x)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2009
[on the report of the First Committee (A/64/391)]
64/50. The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its
aspects
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 63/72 of 2 December 2008 as well as all previous
resolutions entitled “The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its
aspects”, including resolution 56/24 V of 24 December 2001,
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
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Emphasizing also the importance of the continued and full implementation of
the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and
Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (the International Tracing
Instrument), 2
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Recalling the commitment of States to the Programme of Action as the main
framework for measures within the activities of the international community to
prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all
its aspects,
Underlining the need for States to enhance their efforts to build national
capacity for the effective implementation of the Programme of Action and the
International Tracing Instrument,
Welcoming the early designation of Mexico as the Chair of the fourth biennial
meeting of States to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action,
Welcoming also the efforts by Member States to submit, on a voluntary basis,
national reports on their implementation of the Programme of Action,
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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
A/60/88 and Corr.2, annex; see also decision 60/519.
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