African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 90African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, published in 2011.

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21 versions · 1997–2025

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Africa Nuclear Safeguards Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

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Recalls with satisfaction the entry into force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)1 on 15 July 2009;

Calls upon African States that have not yet done so to sign and ratify the Treaty as soon as possible;

Expresses its appreciation to the nuclear-weapon States that have signed the Protocols to the Treaty1 that concern them, and calls upon those that have not yet ratified the Protocols that concern them to do so as soon as possible;

Calls upon the States contemplated in Protocol III to the Treaty that have not yet done so to take all necessary measures to ensure the speedy application of the Treaty to territories for which they are, de jure or de facto, internationally responsible and which lie within the limits of the geographical zone established in the Treaty;

Calls upon the African States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons that have not yet done so to conclude comprehensive safeguards agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency pursuant to the Treaty, thereby satisfying the requirements of article 9 (b) of and annex II to the Treaty of Pelindaba, and to conclude additional protocols to their safeguards agreements on the basis of the Model Protocol approved by the Board of Governors of the Agency on 15 May 1997;

Expresses its gratitude to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Chair of the African Union Commission and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency for the diligence with which they have rendered effective assistance to the signatories to the Treaty;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty”.

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