The Scope and Implications of a Tracing Mechanism for Small Arms ...
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Programme <strong>of</strong> Action to Prevent, Combat <strong>and</strong> Eradicate the Illicit Trade<br />
in SALW in All its Aspects, Report <strong>of</strong> the United Nations Conference on<br />
the Illicit Trade in <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Arms</strong> <strong>and</strong> Light Weapons in All Its Aspects,<br />
United Nations Document A/CONF.192/15, July 2001, as endorsed by<br />
the UN General Assembly at its 56 th Session.<br />
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Report <strong>of</strong> the Panel <strong>of</strong> Governmental Experts on <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Arms</strong>, United<br />
Nations Document A/52/298, United Nations, New York, 7 August<br />
1997. See also the Report <strong>of</strong> the Group <strong>of</strong> Governmental Experts on<br />
<strong>Small</strong> <strong>Arms</strong>, United Nations Document A/54/258, United Nations,<br />
New York, 3 August 1999.<br />
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<strong>The</strong>se issues are explored in detail in F. Schütz, op. cit. note 2.<br />
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United Nations Programme <strong>of</strong> Action to Prevent, Combat <strong>and</strong><br />
Eradicate the Illicit Trade in <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Arms</strong> <strong>and</strong> Light Weapons in All Its<br />
Aspects: Section II, paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 21, 36, 37; Section III,<br />
paragraphs 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14; <strong>and</strong> Section IV, paragraph 1c.<br />
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Organization <strong>for</strong> Security <strong>and</strong> Co-operation in Europe, OSCE<br />
Document on <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Arms</strong> <strong>and</strong> Light Weapons, FSC.DOC/1/00, Vienna,<br />
adopted 24 November 2000; Southern Africa Development Cooperation,<br />
Protocol on the Control <strong>of</strong> Firearms, Ammunition <strong>and</strong> Other<br />
related Materials, adopted at Blantyre, 14 August 2001.<br />
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France <strong>and</strong> Switzerl<strong>and</strong>, Food <strong>for</strong> Thought Paper, United Nations<br />
Document A/CONF.192/PC/7, 28 February 2000; France <strong>and</strong><br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong>, Establishing a <strong>Tracing</strong> <strong>Mechanism</strong> to Prevent <strong>and</strong> Reduce<br />
Excessive <strong>and</strong> Destabilising Accumulation <strong>and</strong> Transfer <strong>of</strong> <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Arms</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Light Weapons, Working Paper, United Nations Document A/<br />
CONF.192/PC/25, 10 January 2001; France <strong>and</strong> Switzerl<strong>and</strong>, Chairs’<br />
Summary, Franco-Swiss Workshop on Traceability <strong>of</strong> <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Arms</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
Light Weapons: <strong>Tracing</strong>, Marking <strong>and</strong> Record-Keeping, Geneva, 12-13<br />
March 2001, reproduced in United Nations Document A/CONF.192/<br />
PC/38, Annex <strong>of</strong> 23 March 2001.<br />
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Organization <strong>of</strong> American States, Inter-American Convention against<br />
the Illicit Manufacturing <strong>of</strong> <strong>and</strong> trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition,<br />
Explosives, <strong>and</strong> other Related Materials, adopted at Washington DC, 14<br />
November 1997.<br />
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Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission’s (CICAD’s), Model<br />
Regulations <strong>for</strong> the Control <strong>of</strong> the International Movement <strong>of</strong> Firearms,<br />
their Parts <strong>and</strong> Components, <strong>and</strong> Ammunition, 2 June 1998.<br />
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Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing <strong>of</strong> <strong>and</strong> Trafficking in Firearms,<br />
their Parts <strong>and</strong> Components <strong>and</strong> Ammunition, supplementing the