Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2006  [on the report of the First Committee (A/61/394)]    61/89.  Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common  international standards for the import, export and  transfer of conventional arms        The General Assembly,    Guided by the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United  Nations, and reaffirming its respect for and commitment to international law,     Recalling its resolutions 46/36 L of 9 December 1991, 51/45 N of  10 December 1996, 51/47 B of 10 December 1996, 56/24 V of 24 December 2001  and 60/69 and 60/82 of 8 December 2005,    Recognizing that arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation are essential  for the maintenance of international peace and security,     Reaffirming the inherent right of all States to individual or collective self- defence in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter,    Acknowledging the right of all States to manufacture, import, export, transfer  and retain conventional arms for self-defence and security needs, and in order to  participate in peace support operations,    Recalling the obligations of all States to fully comply with arms embargoes  decided by the Security Council in accordance with the Charter,    Reaffirming its respect for international law, including international human  rights law and international humanitarian law, and the Charter,     Taking note of and encouraging relevant initiatives, undertaken at the  international, regional and subregional levels between States, including those of the  United Nations, and of the role played by non-governmental organizations and civil  society, to enhance cooperation, improve information exchange and transparency  and implement confidence-building measures in the field of responsible arms trade,     Recognizing that the absence of common international standards on the import,  export and transfer of conventional arms is a contributory factor to conflict, the  displacement of people, crime and terrorism, thereby undermining peace,  reconciliation, safety, security, stability and sustainable development,   A/RES/61/89  2    Acknowledging the growing support across all regions for concluding a legally  binding instrument negotiated on a non-discriminatory, transparent and multilateral  basis, to establish common international standards for the import, export and  transfer of conventional arms,    1.  Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on  the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding  instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and  transfer of conventional arms, and to submit a report on the subject to the General  Assembly at its sixty-second session;    2.  Also requests the Secretary-General to establish a group of governmental  experts, on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, informed by the report  of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-second  session, to examine, commencing in 2008, the feasibility, scope and draft  parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common  international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms, and  to transmit the report of the group of experts to the Assembly for consideration at its  sixty-third session;    3.  Further requests the Secretary-General to provide the group of  governmental experts with any assistance and services that may be required for the  discharge of its tasks;    4.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session  an item entitled “Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international  standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms”.