Resolution on Arms Trade Treaty
24th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF)
Vancouver, Canada January 17-21, 2016
Resolution on Arms Trade Treaty
APPF24/RES/14
(Sponsored by Australia)
The 24th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum;
Recalling the entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty on 24 December 2014;
Welcoming Tuvalu’s ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty in September 2015;
Welcoming the fact that 79 States are party to the Arms Trade Treaty as of December 2015;
Recognising that disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation are essential for the maintenance of international peace and security;
Recognising the security, social, economic and humanitarian consequences of the illicit and unregulated trade in conventional arms;
Recognising further the legitimate political, security, economic and commercial interests of States in the international trade in conventional arms;
RESOLVES TO:
- Call on all Governments that have not yet done so to accede to the Arms Trade Treaty;
- Call upon those States Parties in a position to do so to provide assistance, including legal or legislative assistance, institutional capacity-building and technical, material or financial assistance, to requesting States in order to promote the universalization of the Treaty.
