Control of the manufacture and trade of arms

Recommendation 794 (1976)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 22 September 1976 (19th Sitting) (see Doc. 3817, report of the Political Affairs Committee). Text adopted by the Assembly on 22 September 1976 (19th Sitting).

The Assembly,

1. Referring to its Resolution 642 (1976) ;

2. Stressing the responsibility borne by all Council of Europe member states and their involvement, either as exporters or importers, in the arms race ;

3. Recalling the proposals submitted to the United Nations General Assembly by Malta in 1965 and by Denmark (with the co-sponsorship of Norway, Iceland and Malta) in 1968,

4. Recommends that the Committee of Ministers :

invite the governments of the member states to submit to the United Nations a proposal aimed at establishing an international public register, covering both production and trade of selected types of major weapons ;

invite the governments of the member states to draft restrictive common guidelines on arms exports, strictly controlling in particular exports to countries in conflict and areas where tensions exist.