Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 the Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

24^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ARMS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT CONFERENCE AGENDA

CORRECTION

On page 2 of Press Release DC/2748 issued 18 January, the statement of Irena Mernik (Slovenia) should read, as follows:

IRENA MERNIK (Slovenia) shared the concern of the international community regarding the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.  Slovenia had joined the struggle to reduce and prevent the illicit small arms trade by convening in Ljubljana in January 2000 a workshop on small arms and light weapons.  On the 2001 Conference, she believed that concrete objectives and practical achievements should be its outcome.  Those objectives included strengthened global cooperation, comprehensive weapons collection and destruction measures, and explicit political commitments.  Her delegation also believed that the action programme should draw a roadmap for future action, and should be underpinned by comprehensive follow-up mechanisms.  The complexity of the issue required global cooperation, as well as the participation of civil society.

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