Recalling the presidential statement issued by the Security Council on 24 September 1999S/PRST/1999/28; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1999. and the request of the Council therein to the Secretary-General to develop, with the assistance of technical experts and the support of Member States, a reference manual for use in the field on ecologically safe methods of weapons, ammunition and explosives destruction in order better to enable Member States to ensure the disposal of weapons, ammunition and explosives voluntarily surrendered by civilians or retrieved from former combatants,
回顾1999年9月24日安全理事会发表的主席声明 S/PRST/1999/28；见《安全理事会决议及决定，1999年》。 以及安理会请秘书长在技术专家的协助和各会员国的支助下拟订一份关于无害生态的销毁武器、弹药和爆炸物的方法的参考手册，供实地使用，使会员国更能确保妥善处置平民自愿上缴的或从前战斗人员手中收缴的武器、弹药和爆炸物，