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76 UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Sixth Session (1997). The resolution
was sponsored by Angola, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burundi, Canada, Colombia,
Croatia, Fiji, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mexico,
Morocco, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, South Korea, Romania, the Russian
Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, and Tunisia.
77 Information is available at: www.unodc.org/unodc/en/crime_cicp_signatures_firearms.html
78 Elli Kytömäki and Valery Yankey-Wayne (2006), Five Years of Implementing the United Nations
Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Regional Analysis of National Reports,
UN Institute for Disarmament Research
79 The UN Draft Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small
Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, version L4 Rev.1 called on States to undertake the
following: ‘To put in place adequate laws, regulations and administrative procedures to exercise
effective control over the legal manufacture, stockpiling, transfer and possession of small arms
and light weapons within their areas of jurisdiction. To ensure that those engaged in illegal manufacture,
stockpiling, transfer and possession, can and will be prosecuted under appropriate penal
codes. . . . To seriously consider the prohibition of unrestricted trade and private ownership of
small arms and light weapons specifically designed for military purposes’.
80 Prepared remarks of John Bolton (USA), 9 July 2001. Available at: www.un.int/usa/01_104.htm.
See also IANSA (2001), ‘Press Conference by International Action Network on Small Arms,’ 20
July. Available at www.notes.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/f3073
dc0c5af587285256a92006d47c4?OpenDocument
81 UN (2001), Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light
Weapons in All Its Aspects, A/CONF.192/15, July, para. II.3
82 Ibid, para. II.8
83 Ibid, para. 11. 6
84 UN (2001), Report of the United Nations Conference, para. II.9
85 This observation was made by Regehr, Ernie (2001), ‘The UN and a small arms Program of Action:
Measuring success’, Ploughshares Monitor, December. Available at: www.ploughshares.ca/CONTENT/
MONITOR/Monitor01list.html
86 See UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Sixth Session (1997), Firearm
Regulation for the Purpose of Crime Prevention and Public Health and Safety: Draft Resolution II,
E/CN.15/1997/21. Available at: www.uncjin.org/Documents/6comm/21_2e.pdf
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