OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1799 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: English
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON TRANSPARENCY
IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS
(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on
June 5, 2001;
subject to review by the Style Committee)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING the adoption, by resolution AG/RES. 1607 (XXIX-O/99),
of the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional
Weapons Acquisitions in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on June 7,
1999;
RECALLING ALSO resolution AG/RES. 1749 (XXX-O/00) and that
the Heads of State and Government, at the Second and Third
Summits of the Americas (Santiago, 1998, and Quebec City, 2001),
pledged to continue promoting transparency;
RECOGNIZING that strengthening peace and security in the
Hemisphere is an essential purpose of the Organization of
American States and that economic and social development and
cooperation among its member states are fundamental to its
achievement;
REAFFIRMING the Declarations of Santiago and San Salvador on
confidence- and security-building measures, which recommended
the application, in the manner that is most suitable, of
confidence- and security-building measures; and that it is
necessary and timely to continue to increase dialogue to build
peace, confidence, and security in the region;
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION that nineteen OAS member states have
signed the said Convention and one member state has ratified it;
RECALLING its appeal, in the Convention and in resolution
AG/RES. 1500 (XXVII-O/97), to the international community to
contribute to regional transparency and confidence in the
Americas; and
BEARING IN MIND that openness and transparency in the
conventional weapons field build mutual confidence, reduces
tensions, and strengthens regional and international peace and
security, and may help to decrease the acquisition, production,
and transfer of conventional weapons,
RESOLVES:
1. To reaffirm its commitment to the principles of the
Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional
Weapons Acquisitions.
2. To urge all states that have not already done so to sign
and ratify or accede to the Convention as soon as possible.
3. To request the Secretary General to present a report to
the Permanent Council, prior to the thirty-second regular
session of the General Assembly, on the status of signatures,
ratifications and accessions to the Convention.
4. To request that the Secretary General transmit this
resolution to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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