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Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

A/RES/2373(XXII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1968.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Non-Nuclear-Weapon StatesNuclear DisarmamentNuclear Non-ProliferationNuclear Weapon StatesTreaties (Text)

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Commends the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution;
2
Requests the Depositary Governments to open the Treaty for signature and ratification at the earliest possible date;
3
Expresses the hope for the widest possible adherence to the Treaty by both nuclear-weapon and non-nuclear-weapon States;
4
Requests the Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament and the nuclear-weapon States urgently to pursue negotiations on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and
1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 28, document A/7072-DC/230.
2 Ibid., annex I.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE FIRST COMMITIEE
on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control ;
5
Requests the Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament to report on the progress of its work to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session.
12 June 1968.

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