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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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of the Kinshasa Convention, adopted on 30 April 2010, at the thirtieth ministerial
meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, held in Kinshasa in April 2010.
The Assembly welcomed the adoption by the States members of the Standing
Advisory Committee of the Sao Tome Declaration on a Central African Common
Position on the Arms Trade Treaty, and the signing of the Kinshasa Convention by
all eleven States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, and appealed to
them to ratify the Convention in a timely manner in order to facilitate its early entry
into force and implementation. It requested the United Nations Regional Office
for Central Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for
Peace and Disarmament in Africa, to facilitate the efforts undertaken by the States
members of the Standing Advisory Committee, in particular for their execution
of the Implementation Plan for the Kinshasa Convention. The Assembly urged
the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to strengthen the gender
component of the various meetings of the Committee relating to disarmament and
international security.
66/56. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
In this annual resolution, the General
Assembly once again expressed its satisfaction
for the activities carried out in the past year by
the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, and invited
all States of the region to continue to support the
activities of the Centre, including by continuing
to take part in them, where possible, and by proposing items for inclusion in the
programme of activities of the Centre, in order to contribute to the implementation of
measures for peace and disarmament.
66/58. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and
Disarmament in Africa
By this resolution, which was last introduced
in 2009, the General Assembly welcomed the
continental dimension of the activities of the
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace
and Disarmament in Africa in response to the
evolving needs of African Member States in the
areas of disarmament, peace and security. It also
welcomed the undertaking by the Regional Centre
to provide capacity-building, technical assistance
programmes and advisory services to the African
Introduced by: Nepal (24 Oct.)
GA vote: w/o vote (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: w/o vote (31 Oct.)
For text and sponsors, see Yearbook,
Part I, pp. 159-160.
Introduced by: Nigeria, on behalf of the
States Members of the United Nations
that are members of the Group of African
States (21 Oct.)
GA vote: w/o vote (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: w/o vote (28 Oct.)
For text and sponsors, see Yearbook,
Part I, pp. 164-166.
Union Commission and subregional organizations on the control of small arms and
light weapons, as well as the arms trade treaty and weapons of mass destruction–
related issues. The Assembly further welcomed the contribution of the Regional
Centre to continental disarmament, peace and security, in particular its assistance to
the African Union Commission and to the African Commission on Nuclear Energy.