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account the ongoing work of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, with all Member States,
interested regional and subregional organizations, international agencies, and experts in the field on:
(a) The magnitude and scope of the phenomenon of illicit trafficking in small arms;
(b) Possible measures to combat illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms, including
those suited to indigenous regional approaches;
(c) The role of the United Nations in collecting, collating, sharing and disseminating information
on illicit trafficking in small arms;
2. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session
on the outcome of his consultations;
3. Invites Member States in a position to do so to provide the necessary assistance, bilaterally,
regionally and through multilateral channels, such as the United Nations, in support of the implementation
of measures associated with combating illicit trafficking in and illicit circulation of small arms;
4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session an item entitled “Illicit
traffic in small arms”.
79th plenary meeting
4 December 1998
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NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WITH A VIEW TO THE ULTIMATE ELIMINATION
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 49/75 H of 15 December 1994, 50/70 C of 12 December 1995, 51/45 G of
10 December 1996 and 52/38 K of 9 December 1997,
Bearing in mind the recent nuclear tests which pose a challenge to international efforts to strengthen
the global regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons,
Looking forward to the early entry into force of the Treaty on Further Reduction and Limitation of
Strategic Offensive Arms (START II),52 and welcoming the joint statement on parameters for the future
reduction of nuclear forces, issued by the Presidents of the United States of America and the Russian
Federation,53
52
The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 18: 1993 (United Nations publication, Sales No.
E.94.IX.1), appendix II.
53
A/53/371–S/1998/848, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement
for July, August and September 1998, document S/1998/848.
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