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18 General Assembly-Twenty-eighth Session ately to start negotiations for elaborating a treaty de- signed to achieve the objective of a comprehensive test ban; 6. Requests the Confe.rence of the Committee on Disarmament to continue, as a matter of highest prior- ity, its deliberations on ,this treaty, taking into full ac- count the suggestions already made in the Committee, as well as the views expressed at the current session of the Gene·ral Assembly and at previous sessions, and to submi,t to the Assembly at its twenty-ninth session a special report on its deliberations on ,this vitally impor- tant matter, including the areas of agreement on the achievement of a draft treaty; 7. Decides ,to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-ninth session an item entitled "Urgent need for cessation of nuclear ,and thermonuclear tests and conclusion of a treaty designed to achieve a compre- hensive test ban" in place of ,the item entitled "Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests" which appears on the agenda 'of the twenty-eighth session. 2 I 92 nd plenary meeting 6 December 1973 3079 (XXVffl). Implementation of General As- sembly resolution 2935 (XXVII) concern- ing the signature and ratification of Addi- tional Protocol H of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1911 (XVIII) of 27 No- vember 1963, 2286 (XXII) of 5 December 1967, 2456 B (XXIII) of 20 December 1968, 2666 (XXV) of 7 December 1970, 2830 (XXVI) of 16 December 1971 and 2935 (XXVII) of 29 November 1972, in five of which there have been appeals to the nuclear- weapon States regarding the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Pro- hibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), Reiterating its conviction that, for the maximum effectiveness of any treaty establishing 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 under- taken in a formal international instrument which is legally binding, such as a treaty, convention or protocol, 1. Notes with sati~faction that Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weap- ons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), which entered into force for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America in 1969 and 1971, respectively, has been signed in 1973 by France and by the People's Re- public of China and that the Governments of both countries have already decided to take the necessary measures for its ratification; 2. Urges the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to sign and ratify Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), in conformity with the repeated appeals of the General Assembly; 3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-ninth session an item entitled "Implementa- tion of General Assembly resolution 3079 (XXVIII) concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tiatelolco)"; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the nuclear-weapon States and to inform the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session of any measure adopted by them in order to implement it. 2192nd plenary meeting 6 December 1973 3080 (XXVIII). Declaration of the Indian O('ean as a zone of peace The Genera[ Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2832 ( XXV I) of 16 De- cember 1971, entitled "Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace", Reaffirming its conviction that action in furtherance of the objectives of the Declaration would be a sub- stantial contribution to the strengthening of interna- tional peace and security, Noting the report of the Ad Hoe Committee on the Indian Ocean, 16 established by General Assembly resolution 2992 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972 to study the implications of the proposal, with special reference to the practical measures that may he taken in furtherance of the objectives of Assembly resolu- tion 2832 (XXVI), having due regard to the security interests of the littoral and hinterland States of the Indian Ocean and the interests of any other State consistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. Noting with satisfaction the progress made by the Ad Hoe Committee in fulfilling its mandate, I. Urges all States to accept the principles and objectives contained in General Assembly resolution 2832 (XXVI), entitled ''Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace", as a comtructive contribu- tion to the strengthening of regional and international security; 2. Requests the Ad Hoe Committee on the Indian Ocean to continue its work, to carry out consultations in accordance with its mandate and to report with recommendations to the (icneral As,cmhly at its twenty-ninth session; 3. Urges all States, especially the major Powers, to extend their co-operation to the Ad Hoe Committee in the discharge of its functions; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render aH necessary assistance to the Ad floe Com- mittee; .5. Decides that the Ad Hoe Committee shall he provided with summary records of its proceedings; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a factual statement of the great Powers' milit;1ry presence in all its aspects, in thr Indian Occ:-n, with special reference to their naval deployments, conceived in the context of great Power rivalry: 7. Recommends that the statement should he based on available material and prepared wi,h the assistance 1e Official Records of the Grnaal As,rembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 29 (A/9029).

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