Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 71
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,
particularly 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. 95-76087 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,
Bearing in mind that, with the full adherence in 1994 of
Argentina, Belize, Brazil and Chile, the Treaty of Tlatelolco
is in force for twenty-nine sovereign States of the region,
Recalling that in 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, submitted jointly by Argentina, Brazil,
Chile and Mexico, A/47/467, annex. with the aim of enabling the
full entry into force of that instrument,
Noting with satisfaction that the Government of Saint Kitts
and Nevis subscribed to the Treaty of Tlatelolco on 18 February
1994,
Noting also with satisfaction the decision of the Government
of Cuba to sign the Treaty of Tlatelolco in the near future, thus
contributing to a greater integration among the peoples of Latin
America and the Caribbean for the attainment of the aims of the
Treaty,
Noting further with satisfaction that the amended Treaty
of Tlatelolco is fully in force for Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Mexico and Suriname,
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 Argentina,
Belize, Brazil and Chile 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 on 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
fiftieth 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
15 December 1994