Recognizing that, as stated in the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects,See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, New York, 9-20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24. the illicit manufacture, transfer and circulation of small arms and light weapons and their excessive accumulation have a wide range of humanitarian and socio-economic consequences and pose a serious threat to peace, reconciliation, safety, security, stability and sustainable development at the individual, local, national, regional and international levels,
认识到，正如《从各个方面防止、打击和消除小武器和轻武器非法贸易的行动纲领》见《联合国小武器和轻武器非法贸易各方面问题大会的报告，2001年7月9日至20日，纽约》（A/CONF.192/15），第四章，第24段。 所指出，小武器和轻武器非法制造、转移和流通及其过度积累造成范围广泛的人道主义和社会经济后果，并在个人、地方、国家、区域和国际各级对和平、和解、安全、保障、稳定和可持续发展构成严重威胁，