A/RES/64/30
United Nations
Distr.: General
12 January 2010
General Assembly
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 96 (u)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2009
[on the report of the First Committee (A/64/391)]
64/30. Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small
arms and light weapons and collecting them
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 63/66 of 2 December 2008 on assistance to States for
curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them,
Deeply concerned by the magnitude of human casualty and suffering,
especially among children, caused by the illicit proliferation and use of small arms
and light weapons,
Concerned by the negative impact that the illicit proliferation and use of those
weapons continue to have on the efforts of States in the Sahelo-Saharan subregion in
the areas of poverty eradication, sustainable development and the maintenance of
peace, security and stability,
Bearing in mind the Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on
the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light
Weapons, adopted at Bamako on 1 December 2000, 1
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Recalling the report of the Secretary-General entitled “In larger freedom:
towards development, security and human rights for all”, 2 in which he emphasized
that States must strive just as hard to eliminate the threat of illicit small arms and
light weapons as they do to eliminate the threat of weapons of mass destruction,
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Recalling also the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and
Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons,
adopted on 8 December 2005, 3
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Welcoming the expression of support in the 2005 World Summit Outcome for
the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate
the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 4
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1
A/CONF.192/PC/23, annex.
A/59/2005.
3
A/60/88 and Corr.2, annex; see also decision 60/519.
4
See resolution 60/1, para. 94.
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