A/RES/53/77 Page 5 5. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts, in the context of the implementation of resolution 49/75 G and of the recommendations of the United Nations advisory missions, to curb the illicit circulation of small arms and to collect such arms in the affected States that so request, with the support of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa and in close cooperation with the Organization of African Unity; 6. Notes that, as part of its efforts to halt the flow of small arms into Mali and the Saharo-Sahelian subregion, the Government of Mali oversaw the destruction, at the “Flame of Peace” ceremony held at Timbuktu, Mali, on 27 March 1996, of thousands of small arms handed over by ex-combatants of the armed movements of northern Mali; 7. Encourages the setting up in the countries of the Saharo-Sahelian subregion of national commissions against the proliferation of small arms, and invites the international community to support as far as possible the smooth functioning of the national commissions where they have been set up; 8. Takes note of the conclusions of the ministerial consultation on the proposal for a moratorium on the importing, exporting and manufacture of light weapons in the region, held at Bamako on 26 March 1997, and encourages the States concerned to pursue their consultations on the matter; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to examine the issue and to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them”. 79th plenary meeting 4 December 1998 C PROHIBITION OF THE DUMPING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES The General Assembly, Bearing in mind resolutions CM/Res.1153(XLVIII) of 198814 and CM/Res.1225(L) of 1989,15 adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, concerning the dumping of nuclear and industrial wastes in Africa, 14 See A/43/398, annex I. 15 See A/44/603, annex I. /...