UN Security Council
2015

assessment missions to evaluate progress by Member States subject to a Council - mandated arms embargoes towards meeting the conditions set b y the Council for their termination or adjustment and to provide options and recommendations regarding United Nations and other technical assistance to these Member States or their regions; 14. Notes that where Sanctions Committees are mandated to determi ne if an exemption to the arms embargo is justified, they could benefit from information on the existing holdings including from the information on small arms and light weapons voluntarily provided to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, and self defence and security needs of arms and related materiel by the government, quantities of arms and related materiel received on the basis of previously approved 6/9 15-08130 S/RES/2220 (2015) exemptions, conditions of their storage, as well as quantities of arms and related materiel destroyed through disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, if applicable, and encourages Member States, Expert Groups and the Secretary-General to provide such information, if available and upon request by the relevant Sanctions Committee;