AG/RES. 1874 (XXXII-O/02)
INTER-AMERICAN
CONVENTION AGAINST THE ILLICIT MANUFACTURING OF
AND
TRAFFICKING IN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES,
AND
OTHER RELATED MATERIALS
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June
4, 2002)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
The annual report of the Permanent Council (AG/doc.4059/02), especially
the section on matters entrusted to the Committee on Hemispheric Security; and
The report of the Secretary General on the status of signatures and
ratifications of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and
Other Related Materials (CP/doc.3569/02);
RECALLING:
Resolution AG/RES. 1 (XXIV-E/97), in which it resolved to adopt and
open for signature the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and
Other Related Materials;
The resolutions on the subject: AG/RES.
1621 (XXIX-O/99), AG/RES. 1750 (XXX-O/00), and AG/RES. 1800 (XXXI-O/01); and
Resolutions AG/RES. 1796 (XXXI-O/01), Support for the United Nations
Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its
Aspects and AG/RES. 1797 (XXXI-O/01), Proliferation of and Illicit Trafficking
in Small Arms and Light Weapons;
WELCOMING the signing of the Convention by a majority of the member
states of the Organization of American States and its entry into force on July
1, 1998;
STRESSING the urgent need for all states to take the appropriate
measures and to cooperate with one another to prevent, combat, and eradicate
the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition,
explosives, and other related materials, because of the harmful effects of
these activities on the security of each state and the region as a whole,
since they jeopardize the well-being of peoples, their social and economic
development, and their right to live in peace;
UNDERSCORING:
The significance of the fact that the Convention has served as a model
for negotiation of the protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and
trafficking in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition, which
complements the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime; and
The importance of the Convention’s earliest possible entry into force
in each of the member states of the Organization of American States; and
taking note, in this context, of the report of the Secretary General
(CP/doc.3569/02), presented in accordance with resolution AG/RES. 1800
(XXXI-O/01);
BEARING IN MIND the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Traffic in
Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects, held from July 9 through 20,
2001, and the adoption of its 2001 Program of Action, which welcomes
initiatives taken on the subject at the international, regional, subregional,
national and local levels, and that encourage the competent international and
regional organizations to undertake fresh initiatives to promote
implementation of that Program;
ACKNOWLEDGING:
The valuable support provided in the Hemisphere in implementing the
Program of Action and international efforts under way to address this topic in
the United Nations; and
The importance of the Model Regulations for the Control of the
International Movement of Firearms, Their Parts and Components, and Ammunition
of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), adopted at the
twenty-eighth regular session under resolution AG/RES. 1543 (XXVIII-O/98), and
expressing its satisfaction at the work in connection with those Model
Regulations and the related training programs of CICAD;
CONVINCED of the need to continue and to intensify multilateral
cooperation as a major contribution to solving the problems related to the
proliferation of and illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons; and
BEARING IN
MIND:
That the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of
and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related
Materials is in effect for 15 sovereign states of the region; and
The holding of the third regular meeting of the Consultative Committee
on May 2 and 3, 2002, at OAS headquarters,
RESOLVES:
1.
To urge all member states
that have not already done so to sign and ratify the Convention, as
appropriate.
2.
To note with satisfaction the work program (CIFTA/CC.III/doc.8/02)
adopted by the Consultative Committee at its third regular meeting, and to
express its support for the work of the Secretariat pro
tempore.
3.
To request the Permanent Council to hold, with the support of the
Consultative Committee, an annual meeting on the Inter-American Convention
against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition,
Explosives, and Other Related Materials, at which time the status of
implementation of the national and regional components of the Program of
Action on the Illicit Traffic of Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its
Aspects of the United Nations should be examined.
4.
To request the Consultative Committee to send any recommendations that
it may consider pertinent to the preparatory body of the Special Conference on
Security as a contribution to the preparation of that Conference.
5.
To request the General Secretariat to continue to provide, within the
resources allocated in the program-budget and other resources, the
administrative and secretariat support required by the Consultative Committee
for the performance of its functions and to take the necessary steps to that
end, in accordance with Article 8 of the internal rules of procedure of the
Consultative Committee and the corresponding resolutions.
6.
To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at
its thirty-third regular session on the implementation of this resolution.
7.
To request the Secretary General to present a report to the General
Assembly at its thirty-third regular session on the status of signatures and
ratifications of the Convention.
