我们荣幸地告诉委员会，利比里亚正在采取切实步骤打击小武器和轻武器的扩散，包括批准相关条约和把这些条约纳入国内法。利比里亚在加强其法律框架方面取得了巨大进展，特别是在将《武器贸易条约》纳入国内法方面。利比里亚国家小武器委员会起草了两项法案，供我国立法机构颁布为法律，即，2019年《利比里亚武器贸易和转让法》，目的是加强国家对武器流动的问责制和透明度；以及《利比里亚国家武器委员会法》，旨在扩大该委员会的范围和任务授权。利比里亚国际人道主义法委员会、政府安全机构利益攸关方以及相关民间社会组织审查并批准了这两项法案。它们将在明年，即2020年的休耕结束后提交给我们的国家立法机构。
We are humbly honoured to inform this body that Liberia is taking practical steps in the fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, including the ratification and domestication of the relevant treaties. Liberia has made great strides in strengthening its legal framework, especially as concerns the domestication of the Arms Trade Treaty. The Liberian National Commission on Small Arms has drafted two bills for enactment into law by our national legislature: the Liberia Arms Trade and Transfer Act of 2019, to enhance national accountability and transparency of the flow of arms, and the Liberia National Commission on Arms Act, aimed at increasing the scope and mandate of the Commission. These bills were reviewed and validated by the Liberia International Humanitarian Law Committee, stakeholders from the security agencies of the Government and the relevant civil-society organizations. The bills will be submitted to our national legislature upon return from the annual agriculture break next year, in 2020.