Fiftieth session
Agenda item 77
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling that in its resolution 1911 (XVIII) of 27 November
1963 it expressed the hope that the States of Latin America would
take appropriate measures to conclude a treaty that would prohibit
nuclear weapons in Latin America,
Recalling also that in the same resolution it voiced its
confidence that, once such a treaty was concluded, all States,
and in particular the nuclear-weapon States, would lend it their
full cooperation for the effective realization of its peaceful
aims,
Considering that in its resolution 2028 (XX) of 19 November
1965 it established the principle of an acceptable balance of
mutual responsibilities and obligations between nuclear-weapon
States and those which do not possess such weapons,
Recalling that the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068. was opened
for signature at Mexico City on 14 February 1967,
Recalling also that in its preamble the Treaty of Tlatelolco
states that military denuclearized zones are not an end in themselves
but rather a means for achieving general and complete disarmament
at a later stage,
Recalling further that in its resolution 2286 (XXII) of
5 December 1967 it welcomed with special satisfaction the Treaty
of Tlatelolco as an event of historic significance in the efforts
to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to promote
international peace and security,
Recalling that in 1990, 1991 and 1992 the General Conference
of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America and the Caribbean approved and opened for signature a
set of amendments to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, A/47/467, annex.
with the aim of enabling the full entry into force of that instrument,
Bearing in mind that, with the full adherence in 1995 of
Saint Lucia, the Treaty of Tlatelolco is in force for thirty sovereign
States of the region,
Noting with satisfaction that the Government of Saint Kitts
and Nevis ratified the Treaty of Tlatelolco on 18 April 1995,
Also noting with satisfaction that the Government of Cuba
subscribed to the Treaty of Tlatelolco on 25 March 1995, thus
contributing to a greater integration among the peoples of Latin
America and the Caribbean for the attainment of the aims of the
Treaty,
Further noting with satisfaction that the amended Treaty
of Tlatelolco is fully in force for Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Suriname and Uruguay,
1. Welcomes the concrete steps taken by several countries of the
region during the past year for the consolidation of the regime
of military denuclearization established by the Treaty for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Treaty of Tlatelolco);
2. Notes with satisfaction the full adherence of Saint Lucia to
the Treaty of Tlatelolco;
3. Urges the countries of the region that have not yet done so
to deposit their instruments of ratification of the amendments
to the Treaty of Tlatelolco approved by the General Conference
of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America and the Caribbean in its resolutions 267 (E-V) of 3 July
1990, 268 (XII) of 10 May 1991 and 290 (VII) of 26 August 1992;
4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first
session the item entitled "Consolidation of the regime established
by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)".
90th plenary meeting
12 December 1995