9789290451914 Implementing the United Nations programme of action on small arms and light weapons; analysis of reports submitted by states from 2002 to 2008.
It also presents a serious obstacle to the implementation of the provisions of the Southern African Development Community's Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials; and the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.
The "broken promise syndrome" on the part of both the African leaders and the G8 is reflected, for example, in the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development (UN-PAARED) 1986-1990.
These were among recommendations adopted on 24 September by the General Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole on the Review and Appraisal of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development (1986-1990).
A team of 13 eminent financial experts, headed by Sir Douglas Wass, former Permanent Secretary of the United Kingdom Treasury, was appointed by Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar in April 1987 to examine the external flows of resources to Africa and to recommend ways and means to ensure that the resource flows are adequate for the successful implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery.
The situation has deteriorated, he said, since the Assembly adopted the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development, 1986-1990, at a special session of the General Assembly in May 1986.
Further, the General Assembly had agreed upon the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990, which embodied commitments by both the African Governments and the international community.
With reference to the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development, 1986-1990, the Secretary-General expressed concern that the international community had failed to provide adequate support, particularly as regards financing, for efforts towards structural adjustment that African countries were making in order to establish a sound basis for growth and development.
