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institutional link between the Board and a possible high-level panel was
widely recognized by the Board members.
The continuing deadlock in the CD also heightened interest in the role of
civil society and non-governmental organizations in the disarmament process,
particularly with a view to pressing the CD to move forward on nuclear
disarmament issues.
As the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Research, the Board formally adopted the Institute’s 2011 programme of
work and budget69 and approved the submission of the Institute’s report to the
General Assembly. It also recommended the continuing subvention from the
United Nations regular budget for the biennium 2012-2013. In addition, the
Board continued to urge the Secretary-General to use all the influence at his
disposal to secure the Institute’s increased subvention in the regular budget of
the United Nations.
Disarmament information and outreach
Disarmament studies by experts groups
By its resolution 65/64 of 8 December 2010, the General Assembly
decided to convene an open-ended meeting of governmental experts on the
implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate
the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects70 at
United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 13 May.
The Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts addressed key
implementation challenges and opportunities relating to particular issues and
themes, including international cooperation and assistance, and adopted its
report71 by consensus on 13 May. (See also pp. 74-76.)
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 62/13 of 5 December 2007,
the Secretary-General established a group of governmental experts in 2010
to review the operation and further development of the United Nations
Standardized Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures. The Group,
which held three sessions, 72 completed its work in May and transmitted
its report73 to the General Assembly on 14 June. In the report, the Group
concluded that transparency in military expenditures remained an essential
69 See A/65/177.
70 See also the website of the Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts, http://www.poaiss.org/MGE/
(accessed 11 May 2012).
71 A/CONF.192/MGE/2011/1.
72 The first session was held in Geneva, from 8 to 12 November 2010, and the following two
in New York, from 7 to 11 February and from 9 to 13 May 2011, respectively.
73 A/66/89 and Corr.1-3.