A/RES/2666(XXV) GA

Reeolutlon1 adopted on the reporll of the Flnt Committee 17 explosions for peaceful purposes under appropriate international control". 1919th, plenary meeting, 7 December 1970. 2666 (XXV), Status of the implementation of General AHemhly resolution 2456 B (XXIII) concerning the signature and rati- fication of Additional Protocol D of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear W eapon1 In Latin America (Treaty of Tla- telolco) The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1911 (XVIII) of 27 Novem- ber 1963, in which it expressed its confidence that the States that possess nuclear weapons would give their full co-operation for the effective reali7.ation of the initiative aimed at the military denuclearization of Latin America, RecalUng also its resolution 2286 (XXII) of S December 1967, in which it welcomed with special satisfaction the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treat7. of Tlatelolco) 2• and declared that the Treaty constituted an event of ~st~c significance in the efforts to prevent the pro- liferation of nuclear weapons and to promote interna- tional peace and security, Bearing in mind that the Treaty has an Additional Pro~l II, which was opened for signature by States possessmg nuclear weapons on 14 February 1967 Noting that the Conference of Non-Nuclear-We;pon States, in its resolution B, 24 expressed the conviction t:!3at, for the maximum effectiveness of any treaty estab- lishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone, the co-operation of the nuclear-weapon States is necessary and that such co-operation should take the form of commitments likewise undertaken in a formal international instru- men~ which is legally binding, such as a treaty, con- vention or protocol, Considering that accession to that Protocol only en- tails the following obligations for the nuclear-weapon States: . ~a) To respect, in all its e,:tpress aims and pro- V1S1ons, the statute of denucleanzation of Latin Amer- ica in respect of warlike purposes, as defined delimited and set forth in the Treaty of Tlatelolco, ' (b) Not to contribute in any way to the performance of . acts involving a violation of the obligations of article 1 of the Treaty in the territories to which the Treaty applies, (c) Not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against the contracting parties of the Treaty, Convinced that these obligations are entirely in con- formity with the general obligations assumed under the Charter of the United Nations, which every Mem- ber of the Organization has solemnly undertaken to fulfil in good faith, as set forth in Article 2 of the Charter, Noting that, despite the appeals that the General Assembly has addressed to them on two occasions in resolutions 2286 (XXII) of 5 December 1967 ~d 2456 B (XXIII) of 20 December 1968, and the ap- peals they have received from the Conference of 28 Unit~d Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634 (1968), No. 9068. 24 Official Records of the General Assembly Twenty-third Session, agenda item 96, document A/7277 and° Corr.l and 2, p. s. Non-Nuclear-Weapon States, in resolution B, and from the General Conference of the A,ency for the Prohibi- tion of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, in resolu- tion 1 (1),211 only two of the States that posseu nuclear weapons have so far signed Additional Pro- tocol II and only one has ratified it, Noting also that the Treaty of Tiatelolco, which has been signed by twenty-two Latin American States. la already in force for sixteen of them, Bearing in mind the repeatedly stated declaratiom of the nuclear-weapon States to the effect that nuclear- weapon-free zones established on the initiative of the States within the zone should be supported, Noting that the Treaty of Tiatelolco is the only one it has been possible to conclude for the establishment of such a zone in a densely populated area and that, as a result of the Treaty, there already exists a statute of total absence of nuclear weapons covering an area of 6.6 million square kilometres with a population of approximately 117 million inhabitants, Noting also that the A$Cncy for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America has been duly establi~hed in conformity with the Treaty and became operative on 2 September 1969, 1. Reaffirms the apPCals it has addressed to the nuclear-weapon States, m its resolutions 2286 (XXII) and 2456 B (XXIII), to sign and ratify Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) as soon as possible; 2. Notes with satisfaction that one of those States has already signed and ratified the Protocol and that another has signed it and is now actively en1aged in the ratification process; 3. Deplores that not all nuclear-weapon States have as yet signed the Protocol; 4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-sixth session an item entitled "Status of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 2666 (XXV) concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Prohibi- tion of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tiatelolco) "; S. Requests the Secretary-General to amnge for transmittal of the present resolution to the nuclear- weapon States and to inform the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session of any measure adopted by them in order to implement it. 1919th plenary meeting, 7 December 1970. 2667 (XXV). Economic and social consequeneee of the armaments race and it• extremely harmful effects on world peace and security The General Assembly, Conscious of the threat to mankind posed by the ever spiralling arms race, especially in view of the existing large stockpiles of, and impending new qualita- tive advances in, nuclear armaments, Aware that world military expenditures have been continuously increasing, in spite of the achievements in the field of arms limitation and disarmament during the 1960s, Convinced that unless vigorous measures are taken without delay to stop the arms race and to make con- 2G See A/7681, annex, chapter I.

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