A/RES/76/59
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 101 (d)
Review and implementation of the Concluding Document
of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly:
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and
Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 6 December 2021
[on the report of the First Committee (A/76/445, para. 17)]
76/59.
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in
Asia and the Pacific
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 42/39 D of 30 November 1987 and 44/117 F of
15 December 1989, by which it established the United Nations Regional Centre for
Peace and Disarmament in Asia and renamed it the United Nations Regional Centre
for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, with headquarters in Kathmandu,
Recalling also the mandate of the Regional Centre to provide, on request,
substantive support for the initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by
the Member States of the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of measures for
peace and disarmament, through appropriate utilization of available resources,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 1 and expressing its
appreciation to the Regional Centre for its important work in promoting dialogue and
confidence-building measures through the organization of meetings, conferences and
workshops in the region, including national and subregional workshops on the
implementation of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) of 28 April 2004 in South
Asia and Mongolia; capacity-building training for States of Asia and the Pacific on
preparing and submitting online national reports 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 Aspects 2 and the Arms Trade Treaty; 3 and a
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21-18513 (E)
A/76/97.
Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in
All Its Aspects, New York, 9–20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 3013, No. 52373.
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