UN to comply with the will of Member States
United Nations Daily Press Briefing
29 April 1998 (edited)
In Vienna, the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was expected to finish its session tomorrow, 30 April, the Senior Associate Spokesman said. Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, had told correspondents today that he was very satisfied with the Commission's work so far. He noted in particular that the Commission had agreed to consider drafting a convention on transnational crime, which should be finalized by the year 2000. Mr. Brandt said the Commission was also expected to adopt a draft resolution tomorrow on measures to regulate firearms. That resolution, sponsored by 30 countries, called for the elaboration of an international instrument aimed at "combating illicit traffic in firearms".
He went on to say that when asked what position the United Nations took on firearms control, Mr. Arlacchi had replied that the United Nations did not have an independent point of view. He welcomed the decision by Member States to consider the possibility of regulating the illicit trafficking of firearms, but stressed that the United Nations limited itself to being the instrument of the will of Member States.
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