A/RES/61/89 Acknowledging the growing support across all regions for concluding a legally binding instrument negotiated on a non-discriminatory, transparent and multilateral basis, to establish common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms, Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on 1. the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms, and to submit a report on the subject to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session; Also requests the Secretary-General to establish a group of governmental 2. experts, on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, informed by the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session, to examine, commencing in 2008, the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms, and to transmit the report of the group of experts to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-third session; Further requests the Secretary-General to provide the group of 3. governmental experts with any assistance and services that may be required for the discharge of its tasks; Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session 4. an item entitled “Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms”. 67th plenary meeting 6 December 2006 2