Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the South Pacific

A/RES/3477(XXX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Oceania

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

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Endorses the idea of tlie establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the South Pacific;

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Invites the countries concerned to carry forward consultations about ways and means of realizing this objective;

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Expresses the hope that all States, in particular the nuclear-weapon States, will co-operate fully in achieving the objectives of the present resolution;

47 Resolution 2373 (XXII), a.mi.ex.

48 See A/C.1/1068, annex I, p. 9.

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50 See Official Records of the General Ass,mbly, Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 105, document A/5915 •

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Requests the Secretary-General to render all nec- ANNEX essary assistance to the States of the region in giving effect to the purpose of the present resolution.

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: draft treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear weapon tests The States Parties to this Treaty,

Proclaiming their intention to bring about, as speedily as possible, the cessation of the nuclear arms race, the adoption of effective measures towards nuclear disarmament and the conclusion of an agreement on general and complete diliarmament under strict and effective international control,

Taking into account the appeals by the General Assembly of the United Nations to put an end to nuclear weapon tests in all environments,

Noting that the prohibition of all nuclear weapon tests would be in the interests of strengthening peace and slowing the arms race and would be a contribution to the process of international detente,

Reaffirming that the potential benefits of any peaceful application of nuclear explosions should be available to nuclear as well as non-nuclear States in conformity with the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons54 and of ,the present Treaty,

Noting the great positive significance of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water, signed in Moscow on 5 August 1963,55

Stressing the importance of strict compliance with the abovementioned Treaty up to the time of entry into force of this Treaty,

Seeking to achieve the permanenit cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons by all States,

Have agreed on the following:

ARTICLE I

Each State Party to this Treaty undertakes to prohibit, to prevent and to refrain from carrying out any test explosions of nuclear weapons anywhere under its jurisdiction or control in a!ll environments-in the atmosphere, in outer space, under water and underground.

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Each State Party to this Treaty undertakes to refrain from encouraging, inciting, or in any way participating in the carrying out of nuclear explosions prohibited by paragraph 1 of this article.

ARTICLE 11

Control over compliance. with this Treaty shall be conducted by the States Parties, through their own national technical means of control, in accordance with the generally recognized rules of international law.

In order to promote the objectives of and ensure compliance with the provisions of· this Treaty, the Parties to the Treaty shall co-operate in an id'ternational exchange of seismic data.

In order to promote the objectives of and to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Treaty, the Parties shall, when necessary, consult one another, make inquiries and receive appropriate information in connexion with such inquiries.

Any State Party to this Treaty which ascertains that any other State Party is acting in violation of obligations deriving from the provisions of the Treaty may lodge a complaint with the Security Council of the United Nations. Such a complaint must contain all possible evidence confirming its validity and a request for its consideration by the Security CollllCil. The Council shall inform the States Parties to the Treaty of the resuilts of its consideration.

ARTICLE III

The provisions of article ,I shall not apply to any underground nuclear explosions conducted by nuclear-weapon States for peaceful purposes on the territory under their jurisdiction and in compliance with the agreements under which, -in ac- 151 Resolution 2373 (XXII), annex. cordance with article V of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 152 For the report of the President of the General Assembly on this matter, see A/10509.

154 Resolution 2373 (XXII), annex. 53 For the wording of the items, see below pp. 162 and 168.

1111 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 480, No. 6964, p. 43.