Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 91 Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco), published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2016–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/15

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/15	Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)	989	96%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/35	Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)	971	82%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/27	Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)	949	81%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/27	Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)	935	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Disarmament Agreements Latin America and the Caribbean Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the fact that the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)1 is in force for all sovereign States of the region;

Also welcomes the commemoration at the ministerial level of the fiftieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, to be held in Mexico City on 14 February 2017, at the twenty-fifth session of the General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean;

Encourages once again States parties to Additional Protocols I and II to the Treaty of Tlatelolco to review their interpretative declarations thereto, in accordance with action 9 of the Final Document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,⁸ reaffirming and recognizing the legitimate interests of the States that comprise the nuclear-weapon-free zone in Latin America and the Caribbean in receiving full and unequivocal security assurances from the nuclear-weapon States;

⁸Ibid., vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions, section I, entitled “Nuclear disarmament”.

Encourages the States members of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean to continue the activities and efforts that they conduct jointly with the Agency, inter alia:

To take note of the efforts that are being undertaken in a multilateral context to identify and seek effective measures that allow for compliance with disarmament and non-proliferation commitments;

To enhance cooperation with States parties and signatories to treaties that establish nuclear-weapon-free zones and Mongolia;

To promote activities on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation education;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session an item entitled “Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)”.

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