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agreed upon at the Convention’s Sixth Review Conference, and reiterated its call upon
all States parties to the Convention to participate in the exchange of information and
data agreed upon at the Third Review Conference.
The Assembly welcomed the successful holding of meetings as part of the
2007-2010 intersessional process and welcomed the convening of the Seventh Review
Conference in Geneva from 5 to 22 December 2011 pursuant to the decision of the
Preparatory Committee.
The General Assembly recalled that the Seventh Review Conference was
mandated to consider issues identified in the review of the operation of the Convention
and any possible consensus follow-up action. It urged all States parties to continue
working together to achieve a consensus outcome of the Seventh Review Conference
which strengthened the Convention. It noted with appreciation the events organized
by some States parties for exchanges of views on the work of the Seventh Review
Conference.
Chapter III. Conventional weapons issues
66/20. Objective information on military matters, including
transparency of military expenditures
Through this biennial resolution, the
General Assembly endorsed the report of the
Group of Governmental Experts on the Operation
and Further Development of the United Nations
Standardized Instrument for Reporting Military
Expenditures, the recommendations contained
therein and the new title of the instrument, namely,
Introduced by: Germany (18 Oct.)
GA vote: w/o vote (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: w/o vote (27 Oct.)
For text and sponsors, see Yearbook,
Part I, pp. 1-5.
the United Nations Report on Military Expenditures. It called upon Member States
to provide the Secretary-General, by 30 April annually, with reports on their military
expenditures for the latest fiscal year for which data were available.
The General Assembly recommended that, for the purpose of reporting by
Member States of their national military expenditures in the framework of the Report
on Military Expenditures, “military expenditures” be commonly understood to refer
to all financial resources that a State spends on the uses and functions of its military
forces and information on military expenditures represents an actual outlay in current
prices and domestic currency.
The Assembly invited Member States in a position to do so to supplement
their reports with explanatory remarks regarding submitted data to explain or clarify
the figures provided in the reporting forms, such as the total military expenditures
as a share of gross domestic product, major changes from previous reports and any
additional information reflecting their defence policy, military strategies and doctrines.
The Assembly also recommended the establishment of a process for periodic
reviews, in order to ensure the continued relevance and operation of the Report on
Military Expenditures and that another review of the continuing relevance and
operation of the Report be conducted in five years.