The South Atlantic Region as a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 71 Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) and 72 Final text of a treaty on an African nuclear-weapon-free zone, published in 1995.

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Africa Caribbean Region Conferences Declarations Disarmament Agreements International Instruments Latin America Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapons Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones South Atlantic Ocean Region Zones of Peace

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A/49/467, annex II.

Welcomes the commitment made by the States of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, in accordance with internationally recognized legal instruments;

Welcomes also the recent progress towards the full entry into force of the Treaty of Tlatelolco for all States of Latin America and the Caribbean, which will permit the consolidation in the near future of the status of the whole region as a nuclear-weapon-free zone;

Welcomes further the efforts made towards the implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa 3/ leading to the conclusion of a treaty establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Africa;

Solemnly endorses the objective of the States of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic to turn the region of the South Atlantic into a nuclear-weapon-free zone;

Calls upon all States to cooperate fully for the achievement of the objective of turning the region of the South Atlantic into a nuclear-weapon-free zone.

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068.

Official Records of the General Assembly, Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 105, document A/5975.

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