Actually, the two countries that have been pushing this small-arms "disarmament" stuff have been the U.K. and Japan. Two constitutional monarchies with strong traditions of droit du seigneur, strong conventions of public order and strong police powers, and some sort of class system in which gentlemen carried, and commoners weren't permitted to.
The move, which came as the conference got underway last week but received virtually no attention, is the latest example of Iran taking up leadership positions at the United Nations despite its defiance of Security Council resolutions relating to its nuclear program.
Furthermore, according to an expert panel monitoring U.N. sanctions on Iran, Tehran continues to flout a Security Council ban on exporting its weaponry, with Syria the main recipient.