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) was opened for
signature at Mexico City on 14 February 1967,
 
      Taking note of the thirtieth anniversary on 14 February 1997 of the
opening for signature of the Treaty of Tlatelolco,
 
      Recalling 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 also 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 further 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, with the aim of enabling the full entry into force of that
instrument,
 
      Recalling resolution C/E/RES.27 of the Council of the Agency for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, in which
the Council calls for the promotion of cooperation and consultations with
other nuclear- weapon-free zones,
 
      Noting with satisfaction that, with the full adherence on 6 May 1996 of
Guyana, the Treaty of Tlatelolco is in force for thirty-one sovereign States
of the region,
 
      Also noting with satisfaction that the amended Treaty of Tlatelolco is
fully in force for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru,
Suriname and Uruguay,
 
      1.    Welcomes the concrete steps taken by some 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 Guyana 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 (E-VII)
of 26 August 1992;
 
      4.    Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
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)".