At its 27th meeting, on 16 August 2001, the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto, noting issues raised at the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in July 2001, and deeply concerned at the negative effects upon human rights of the availability and misuse of small arms and light weapons, decided, without a vote, to entrust Ms. Barbara Frey with the task of preparing, without financial implications, a working paper on the question of (a) the trade and carrying of small arms and light weapons and (b) the use of such weapons in the context of human rights and humanitarian norms, for submission to the
En la misma sesión, la Subcomisión examinó un proyecto de decisión sobre la composición de los grupos de trabajo entre períodos de sesiones y anteriores al período de sesiones de la Subcomisión, presentado por el Presidente en nombre de la Mesa de la Subcomisión.