10. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake a United Nations study, commencing during the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, within available financial resources and with any other assistance provided by States in a position to do so, and with the assistance of governmental experts appointed by him on the basis of equitable geographical representation, while seeking the views of States, to examine the feasibility of developing an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons and to submit the study to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session;
10. 请秘书长从大会第五十六届会议开始，在现有资源范围内，利用有能力的国家提供的任何其他援助，在他征求各国意见并依照公平地域分配原则所任命的政府专家协助下，开展一项联合国的研究，审查是否可以制订一项国际文书，以便各国采用可靠的方式及时查明并追踪非法小武器和轻武器，并向大会第五十八届会议提交这项研究报告；