8. 专家组第一次会议上简单介绍了现有有关国际文书并讨论了这些文书供审议非法制造、贩运和使用爆炸物问题时所涉问题。与会者还简要了解和审议了依照大会第 52/38 号决议于 1999 年向大会提交的弹药和爆炸物问题专家组的报告（A/54/155）。
8. The first meeting of the Group of Experts was briefed on relevant existing international instruments and there was a discussion of the implications of those instruments for the consideration of the problem of the illicit manufacturing, trafficking and use of explosives. Participants were also briefed on and considered the report of the Group of Experts on the problem of ammunition and explosives (A/54/155) submitted to the General Assembly in 1999 pursuant to its resolution 52/38J.