Resolutions Adopted at the First Committee
The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects
Voting Result: 172 in favour, 1 against, 0 abstained
This resolution calls for a UN meeting in 2008 for reporting on the implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms (PoA). The failure of the UN Review Conference (RevCon) to agree an outcome document meant that it made no decision regarding future meetings.
Text of the final resolution (adopted by First Committee on 26 October)
Towards an Arms Trade treaty
Voting Result: 139 in favour, 1 against, 24 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 2: 133 in favour, 1 against, 26 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 3: 133 in favour, 1 against, 24 abstained
This resolution establishes a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). This has been one of the primary goals of the Control Arms campaign.
Text of the final resolution (adopted by First Committee on 26 October)
More information on the ATT
Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus
Voting Result: 164 in favour, 1 against, 1 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 7: 163 in favour, 2 against, 0 abstained
This resolution establishes a GGE to consider further steps to enhance cooperation with regard to the issue of conventional ammunition stockpiles in
surplus, and to transmit the report of the Group of Experts to the General Assembly
for consideration at its sixty-third session.
Text of the final resolution (adopted by First Committee on 30 October)
Transparency in Armaments
Voting Result: 141 in favour, 0 against, 24 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 2: 140 in favour, 0 against, 21 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 3 : 141 in favour, 0 against, 22 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 4: 141 in favour, 0 against, 22 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 5: 141 in favour, 0 against, 22 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 6: 139 in favour, 0 against, 22 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 7B: 141 in favour, 0 against, 21 abstained
Voting Result on operative paragraph 9: 140 in favour, 0 against, 22 abstained
This resolution invites states to provide information on international transfers of small arms when they report to the UN Register of Conventional Arms, as recommended by the 2006 Group of Governmental Experts (GGE). This is an important step in promoting transparency, since existing international customs information does not provide reliable information on the quantities of small arms transferred, only the value.
Text of the final resolution (adopted by First Committee on 27 October)
Consolidation of Peace Through Practical Disarmament Measures
Voting Result: 158 in favour, 1 against, 0 abstained
This resolution emphasises the need for UN peacekeeping operations to engage in disarmament activities and also encourages states, including those donors comprising the Group of Interested States, to support international, regional and non-governmental organisations in their post-conflict disarmament efforts.
Text of the final resolution (adopted by First Committee on 27 October)
Assistance to States for Curbing the Illicit Traffic in Small Arms
and Light Weapons and Collecting Them
Voting Result: Adopted without a vote
This resolution encourages cooperation between civil society and states, in particular on National Commissions on SALW, and calls upon the international community to provide financial and technical support to both states and civil society in their efforts to curb the illicit trade in small arms.
Text of the final resolution (adopted by First Committee on 30 October) |
