A/RES/61/77 1. Reaffirms its determination to ensure the effective operation of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms,1 as provided for in paragraphs 7 to 10 of resolution 46/36 L; 2. Endorses the report of the Secretary-General on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development, 3 and the recommendations ensuing from the consensus report of the 2006 group of governmental experts contained therein; 3. Decides to adapt the scope of the Register in conformity with the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development; Calls upon Member States, with a view to achieving universal 4. participation, to provide the Secretary-General, by 31 May annually, with the requested data and information for the Register, including nil reports if appropriate, on the basis of resolutions 46/36 L and 47/52 L, the recommendations contained in paragraph 64 of the 1997 report of the Secretary-General on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development, 4 the recommendations contained in paragraph 94 of the 2000 report of the Secretary-General and the appendices and annexes thereto, 5 the recommendations contained in paragraphs 112 to 114 of the 2003 report of the Secretary-General 6 and the recommendations contained in paragraphs 123 to 127 of the 2006 report of the Secretary-General;3 5. Invites Member States in a position to do so, pending further development of the Register, to provide additional information on procurement through national production and military holdings and to make use of the “Remarks” column in the standardized reporting form to provide additional information such as types or models; Also invites Member States in a position to do so to provide additional 6. background information on transfers of small arms and light weapons on the basis of the optional standardized reporting form, as adopted by the 2006 group of governmental experts, 7 or by any other methods they deem appropriate; 7. Reaffirms its decision, with a view to further development of the Register, to keep the scope of and participation in the Register under review and, to that end: (a) Recalls its request to Member States to provide the Secretary-General with their views on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development and on transparency measures related to weapons of mass destruction; (b) Requests the Secretary-General, with a view to the three-year cycle regarding review of the Register, to ensure that sufficient resources are made available for a group of governmental experts to be convened in 2009 to review the continuing operation of the Register and its further development, taking into account the work of the Conference on Disarmament, the views expressed by Member States and the reports of the Secretary-General on the continuing operation of the Register and its further development; _______________ 3 A/61/261. A/52/316 and Corr.2. 5 A/55/281. 6 A/58/274. 7 A/61/261, annex I. 4 2