A/RES/2286(XXII) GA

Re10lutiona adopted on the report■ of the Flnt Committee 2269 (XXII). The Korean question The General Assembly, Having noted the report of the United Nations Com- mission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea, signed at Seoul, Korea, on 26 August 1%7,8 Reaffirming its resolution 2224 (XXI) of 19 Decem- ber 1%6, and previous resolutions on the Korean question noted therein, Recognizing that the continued division of Korea does not correspond to the wishes of the Korean people and constitutes a source of tension which prevents the full restoration of international peace and security in the area, Recalling that the United Nations, under the Charter, is fully and rightfully empowered to take collective action to maintain peace and security and to extend its good offices in seeking a peaceful settlement in Korea in accordance with the principles and purposes of the Charter, Hopeful that conditions can soon be created to fa- cilitate the reunification of Korea on the basis of the freely expressed will of all the Korean people, 1. Reaffirms that the objectives of the United Na- tions in Korea are to bring about, by peaceful means, the establishment of a unified, independent and demo- cratic Korea under a representative form of govern- ment, and the full restoration of international peace and security in the area ; 2. Expresses the belief that arrangements should be made to achieve these objectives through genuinely free elections held in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 3. Requests the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea to intensify its efforts to achieve these objectives and to continue to carry out the tasks previously assigned to it by the General Assembly ; 4. Notes that the United Nations forces which were sent to Korea in accordance with United Nations reso- lutions have in greater part already been withdrawn, that the sole objective of the United Nations forces presently in Korea is to preserve the peace and security of the area, and that the Governments concerned are prepared to withdraw their remaining forces from Korea whenever such action is requested by the Re- public of Korea or whenever the s:onditions for a last- ing settlement formulated by the General Assembly have been fulfilled. 1598th plenary meeting, 16 November 1967. 2286 (XXII). Treaty for the Problbition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America 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 carry out studies and take appropriate measures to conclude a treaty that would prohibit nuclear weapons in Latin America, Recalling al3o that in the same resolution it voiced its confidence that, once such a treaty was concluded, all States, and particularly the nuclear Powers, would 1 Official Rteonh of lht Gtntt'al ~111mbly, Tw1nly-11cond S11llon, SNttltmtnl No. 12 (A/6712 and Corr.I). lend it their full co-operation for the effective reali- zation of its peaceful aims, Considerin_q that in its resolution 2028 (XX) of 19 November 1%5 it established the principle of an acceptable balance of mutual responsibilities and obliga- tions of the nuclear and non-nuclear Powers, Bearing in mind that in its resolution 2153 A (XXI) of 17 November 1%6 it expressly called upon all nuclear-weapon Powers to refrain from •the use, or the threat of use, of nuclear weapons against States which might conclude regional treaties in order to ensure the total absence of nuclear weapons in their respective territories, Noting that that is precisely the object of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America,9 signed at Tlatelolco, Mexico, by twenty-one Latin American States, which are convinced that the Treaty will constitute a measure that will spare their peoples the squandering of their limited resources on nuclear armaments and will protect them against pos- sible nuclear attacks on their territories, that it will be a stimulus to the peaceful use of nuclear energy in the promotion of economic and social development and that it will act as a significant contribution towards preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and as a powerful factor for general and complete disarmament, Noting that it is the intent of the signatory States that all existing States within the zone defined in the Treaty may become parties to the Treaty without any restriction, Taking note of the fact that the Treaty contains two additional protocols open, respectively, to the signa- ture of States which, de jure or de facto, are interna- tionally responsible for territories which lie within the limits of the geographical zone established in the Treaty and to the signature of States possessing nuclear weapons, and convinced that the co-operation of such States is necessary for the greater effectiveness of the Treaty, 1. Welcomes with special satisfaction the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, which constitutes an event of historic significance in the efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to promote international peace and security and which at the same time establishes the right of Latin American countries to use nuclear energy for demon- strated peaceful purposes in order to acceli!rate the economic and social development of their peoples; 2. Calls upon all States to give their full co-operation to ensure that the regime laid down in the Treaty en- joys the universal observance to which its lofty prin- ciples and noble aims entitle it ; 3. Recommends States which are or may become signatories of the Treaty and those contemplated in Additional Protocol I of the Treaty to strive to take all the measures within their power to ensure that the Treaty speedily obtains the widest possible applica- tion among them; 4. Invites Powers possessing nuclear ·weapons to sign and ratify Additional Protocol II of the Treaty as soon possible. 8 See A/6«,J. 1620th plnsary meeting, 5 December 1967.

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