Rather, excessive stockpiling of conventional weapons is breeding regional instability.

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It also disregards the risks created by the excessive accumulation of conventional weapons, in particular in areas of tension.

My delegation is particularly interested because of the impact of the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of conventional arms in our region.

International activities in this area have been directed mainly against the excessive accumulation of conventional weapons and towards the need for transparency.

The excessive accumulation of conventional weapons, in particular small arms and light weapons, is both a consequence of tension and conflict and a cause of their exacerbation or prolongation.

And yet excessive accumulations of such arms, which are not commensurate with the legitimate security concerns of a country, can also be a destabilizing factor.

The dangers posed by excessive accumulations of conventional weapons were not confined to any one region, and the code of conduct should therefore be open to all States.

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Nonetheless, we hope that this tool will provide some of the necessary political will and momentum to make real progress in halting the illicit accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons.

61. With regard to the need to step up efforts to prevent the excessive accumulation of conventional weapons, he appealed to countries which had not yet done so to make their national data available to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.

The CMIM could help East Asian countries to reduce their reliance on accumulating, as a form of self insurance, costly reserves that fuel global imbalances.

In respect of military expenditures, which remain a significant issue in the disarmament development relationship, the Secretariat continues to be engaged in intensive efforts to promote transparency in armaments as an essential first step towards encouraging restraint in defence spending and discouraging the excessive accumulation of armaments.