UNOL-R2: International Illicit Arms Traffic

FORUM:                  General Assembly
TOPIC OF:            International Illicit Arms Traffic
SUBMITTED BY:           United Kingdom

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
 
(1)     Recalling General Assembly Resolution 46/36 of December 6 1991,
 
(2)     Applauding all attempts to reduce and prevent illicit arms traffic,
(3)  including START II,
 
(4)     Notes with satisfaction that the number of nations registering with the
(5)  UN Arms Registrar has increased in the 51st session, 
 
(6)     Encouraging the diversion of weapons production into products for 
(7)  peaceful use to reduce the danger of unemployment, which may be a
(8)  objection  to disarmament and the cessation of illicit arms,
 
(9)     Accepting the fact that a complete ban on arms transfers would be 
(10)  unjust and unsafe for some smaller states concerned and expressing 
(11)  willingness to hear representation for exceptions on behalf of those 
(12)  states,
 
(13)    Defining illicit arms as:
 
(14)            a)  all nuclear material and technology,
(15)            b)  all weapons of mass destruction and technologies including
(16)                chemical and bacteriological weapons,
(17)            c)  all weapons exported to countries under a UN ban,
(18)            d)  all weapons sold to terrorist and paramilitary organizations,
 
(19)    Fully alarmed by the fact that the recent break up of the Soviet Union 
(20)   has flooded the international market with readily available arms,
 
(21)    Concerned by the continued international illicit arms traffic, which is 
(22)   most certainly a obstruction to the ultimate goal of world peace,
 
(23)    Noting with regret that illicit arms trade has a severely destablilizing 
(24)  effect on societies concerned and also on international relations,
 
(25)    1. Recommends requirements and dissemination of the UN Register for
(26)       Conventional Arms Transfers (resolution 46/36 L) are improved to
(27)       the extent the register is:
 
(28)            a)  made compulsory for all nations,
(29)            b)  expanded to include small arms and man-portable weapons, 
(30)                with special attention given to those used for anti-aircraft 
(31)                fire,
(32)            c)  published semi-annual report to the Secretary General and the 
(33)                Security Council, 
(34)            d)  made available to all governments of member nations in an 
(35)                annual report of all entries;
 
(36)    2. Calls upon the Secretary General and the Security Council to be 
(37)       notified immediately of any violation, and foreign aid and subsidies  
(38)       to any accused country be withdrawn;
 
(39)     3. Encourages nations to impose trade sanction on any country in 
(40)        violation of a UN ban to be determined by the Security Council;
 
(41)     4. Invites the United Nations to impose a ban on the trading of 
(42)        chemical, biological and nuclear weapons by the year 2010;
 
(43)     5. Requests the OSCE ( Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
(44)        Europe) and the UN Registrar be extended for ten years with a 
(45)        review every two years;
 
(46)    6. Suggests that economic aid be provided, where deemed necessary 
(47)       by international banks and monetary funds, to countries which have 
(48)       cease the selling or transportation of illicit arms through their 
(49)       territories;
 
(50)    7. Urges nations to give high priority to eliminating illicit arms trading;
 
(51)    8. Encourages the United Nations to find more effective ways of
(52)       eliminating the trade of land mines and small and light weapons.