A/RES/71/41
United Nations
Distr.: General
9 December 2016
General Assembly
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 98 (h)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2016
[on the report of the First Committee (A/71/450)]
71/41.
Conventional arms control at the regional
and subregional levels
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 48/75 J of 16 December 1993, 49/75 O of
15 December 1994, 50/70 L of 12 December 1995, 51/45 Q of 10 December 1996,
52/38 Q of 9 December 1997, 53/77 P of 4 December 1998, 54/54 M of 1 December
1999, 55/33 P of 20 November 2000, 56/24 I of 29 November 2001, 57/77 of
22 November 2002, 58/39 of 8 December 2003, 59/88 of 3 December 2004, 60/75 of
8 December 2005, 61/82 of 6 December 2006, 62/44 of 5 December 2007, 63/44 of
2 December 2008, 64/42 of 2 December 2009, 65/46 of 8 December 2010,
66/37 of 2 December 2011, 67/62 of 3 December 2012, 68/56 of 5 December 2013,
69/47 of 2 December 2014 and 70/44 of 7 December 2015,
Recognizing the crucial role of conventional arms control in promoting
regional and international peace and security,
Convinced that conventional arms control needs to be pursued primarily in the
regional and subregional contexts since most threats to peace and security in the
post-cold-war era arise mainly among States located in the same region or
subregion,
Aware that the preservation of a balance in the defence capabilities of States at
the lowest level of armaments would contribute to peace and stability and should be
a prime objective of conventional arms control,
Desirous of promoting agreements to strengthen regional peace and security at
the lowest possible level of armaments and military forces,
Noting with particular interest the initiatives taken in this regard in different
regions of the world, in particular the commencement of consultations among a
number of Latin American countries and the proposals for conventional arms control
made in the context of South Asia, and recognizing, in the context of this subject,
the relevance and value of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, 1
which is a cornerstone of European security,
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See CD/1064.
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