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Consideration of Africa as a Denuclearized Zone

A/RES/1652(XVI)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
AfricaNuclear Non-ProliferationNuclear Weapon TestsNuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

What does this mandate say?

2 operative paragraphs
Calls upon Member States:
a
To refrain from carrying out or continuing to carry out in Africa nuclear tests in any form;
( b) To refrain from using the territory, territorial waters or air space of Africa for testing, storing or transporting nuclear weapons ;
( c) To consider and respect the continent of Africa as a denuclearized zone.
24 November 1961.

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