A/RES/3473(XXX) GA

24 General Auembly-Thirtieth Se11ion Having examined the comprehensive study of the question of nuclear-weapon-free zones in all its aspects36 carried out under the auspices of the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament by the Ad Hoe Group of Qualified Governmental Experts for the Study of the Question of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in pursuance of--General Assembly resolution 3261.F (XXIX) of 9 December 1974, Having also examined the comments made by States members of the Conference of the Committee on Dis- armament regarding that study,37 the text of which is annexed to the special report in which the Conference transmitted the study to the General Assembly,35 Bearing in mind that, without prejudice to the results that may be obtained through any further examination of this matter, from the analysis of the contents of the special report it is already possible at this time to draw certain incontrovertible conclusions, Noting that from among those conclusions it would seem advisable to stress the necessity that the General Assembly define the concept of a nuclear-weapon-free zone and the scope of the principal obligations of the nuclear-weapon States towards such zones and towards the States included therein, Convinced that in so doing it will strengthen the new efforts recently undertaken and the realizations already achieved for the establishment of nuclear- weapon-free zones, Solemnly adopts the following declaration: I. Definition of the concept of a nuclear-weapon-free zone 1. A "nuclear-weapon-free zone" shall, as a general rule, be deemed to be any zone, recognized as such by the General Assembly of the United Nations, which any group of States, in the free exer- cise of their sovereignty, has established by virtue of a treaty or convention whereby: (a) The statute of total absence of nuclear weap- ons to which the zone shall be subject, including the procedure for the delimitation of the zone, is defined; ( b) An international system of verification and control is established to guarantee compliance with the obligations deriving from that statute. II. Definition of the principal obligations of the nuclear-weapon States towards nuclear-weapon- free zones and towards the States included therein 2. In every case of a nuclear-weapon-free zone that has been recognized as such by the General Assembly, all nuclear-weapon States shall undertake or reaffirm, in a solemn international instrument hav- ing full legally binding force, such as a treaty, a convention or a protocol, the following obligations: (a) To respect in all its parts the statute of total absence of nuclear weapons defined in the treaty or convention which serves as the constitutive instru- ment of the zone; ( b) To refrain from contributing in any way to the performance in the territories forming part of the zone of acts which involve a violation of the afore- said treaty or convention; (c) To refrain from using or threatening to use nuclear weapons against the States included in the zone. III. Scope of the definitions 3. The above definitions in no way impair the resolutions which the General Assembly has adopted or may adopt with regard to specific cases of nuclear- weapon-free zones nor the rights emanating for the Member States from such resolutions. 2437th plenary meeting 11 December 1975 3473 (XXX). Implementation of General Assem- ~ly resolution 3262 (XXIX) concerning the 8lgnature and ratification of Additional Pro- tocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2286 (XXII) of 5 Decem- ber 1967 and 3262 (~XIX) of 9 December 1974 con- cerning the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weap- ons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) 38 and its Additional Protocol I, . T~king into account that certain territories lying w1thm the zone of application of that Treaty which are not sovereign political entities are nevertheless in a position ~o recei~«:: the benefits deriving from the Treaty through its Add1t10nal Protocol I to which the States that de jure ?r 1e facto are internationally responsible for those tetntones may become parties, Recalling with satisfaction that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the King- dom of the Netherlands became parties to Additional Protocol I in 1969 and 1971, respectively, 1. Again urges France and the United States of America to sign and ratify Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in ~atin ~merica (Treaty of Tlatelolco) as soon as pos- sible, m order that the peoples of the territories in question may receive the benefits which derive from the Treaty and which consist mainly in removing the dan- ger of nuclear attack and sparing the squandering of resources on the production of nuclear weapons; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the two States to which the above appeal is addressed and to inform the General Assem- bly at its thirty-second session of any measure adopted by those States; . 3 .. Decides to inc_lude in. the provisional agenda of its thirty-second session an item entitled "Implementa- tion of General Assembly resolution 3473 (XXX) con- cerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) ". 2437th plenary meeting 11 December 1975 3474 (XXX). Establishment of a nuclear-weapon- free zone in the region of the Middle East The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3263 (XXIX) of 9 Decem- ber 1974, in which it overwhelmingly commended the idea of the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East, 38 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068, p. 326.

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