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The AU PSC additionally expressed deep concern concerning the risk that illicit small arms and lightweight weapons proceed to pose to nationwide, regional, continental and worldwide peace and safety, together with by fueling armed conflicts and crime, says a press launch revealed Friday and having sanctioned the assembly of the Council held on Might 13.
On the finish of this assembly, the AU PSC adopted the Frequent African Place on the Fourth United Nations Convention to Overview Progress Made within the Implementation of the Program of Motion to Stop, Fight and eradicate the illicit commerce in small arms and lightweight weapons in all its facets.
The PSC additionally affirmed that it’s crucial to stick to and implement common conventions and frameworks of motion towards the illicit commerce in small arms and lightweight weapons, whereas emphasizing the significance of cooperation between States. members, companions, the non-public sector and worldwide organizations, in addition to the broader worldwide neighborhood, within the struggle towards illicit small arms and lightweight weapons.
The PSC acknowledges the significance of the efforts deployed on the world degree by the United Nations, significantly throughout the framework of the Fourth Overview Convention, to forestall, fight and eradicate the illicit commerce in small arms and lightweight weapons in all its facets, underlines the press launch.
The Council, the communiqué added, encourages Member States to actively take part within the Fourth Overview Convention which will likely be held on the United Nations Headquarters from June 18 to twenty-eight, 2024, and to advertise and defend the Frequent Place within the curiosity of the collective safety, and likewise encourages Member States to take part in follow-up actions to the Fourth Overview Convention, together with the biennial conferences of States.
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