Oktober 1999 in N'djamena unter der Schirmherrschaft des Ständigen beratenden Ausschusses der Vereinten Nationen für Sicherheitsfragen in Zentralafrika eine subregionale Konferenz über die Verbreitung von Kleinwaffen und leichten Waffen in Zentralafrika und über den unerlaubten Handel mit diesen Waffen ab.
They did so strictly in the interests of reaching a compromise that would permit the world community as a whole to proceed together with some first steps at the global level to alleviate this common threat. They did so, moreover, without in any way compromising their commitment to continue their efforts to address this problem, a problem that must be addressed, as the title of the conference demands, in all, and I repeat, all, its aspects.