A/RES/74/49
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 December 2019
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 98 (y)
General and complete disarmament: the Arms Trade Treaty
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 12 December 2019
[on the report of the First Committee (A/74/368)]
74/49.
The Arms Trade Treaty
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 61/89 of 6 December 2006, 63/240 of 24 December
2008, 64/48 of 2 December 2009, 67/234 A of 24 December 2012, 67/234 B of 2 April
2013, 68/31 of 5 December 2013, 69/49 of 2 December 2014, 70/58 of 7 December
2015, 71/50 of 5 December 2016, 72/44 of 4 December 2017 and 73/36 of 5 December
2018 and its decision 66/518 of 2 December 2011,
Recognizing that disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation are essential
for the maintenance of international peace and security,
Recognizing also the security, social, economic and humanitarian consequences
of the illicit and unregulated trade in conventional arms,
Recognizing further the legitimate political, security, economic and commercial
interests of States in the international trade in conventional arms,
Underlining the urgent need to prevent and eradicate the illicit trade in
conventional arms and to prevent their diversion to the illicit market, or for
unauthorized end use and end users, including the commission of terrorist acts,
thereby preventing the exacerbation of armed violence and the violation of
international humanitarian law and international human rights law,
Emphasizing the responsibility of all States, in accordance with their respective
international obligations, to effectively regulate the international trade in
conventional arms,
Recalling the contribution made by the Programme of Action to Prevent,
Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its
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