A/RES/76/232
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 100 (p)
General and complete disarmament: the illicit trade in
small arms and light weapons in all its aspects
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 24 December 2021
[on the report of the First Committee (A/76/444, para. 93)]
76/232.
The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 75/241 of 31 December 2020, as well as all previous
resolutions on 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
and recognizing its important contribution to international efforts on this matter,
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
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,
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21-19663 (E)
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.
See decision 60/519 and A/60/88 and A/60/88/Corr.2, annex.
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