A/RES/59/109 GA

United Nations A/RES/59/109 General Assembly Distr.: General 16 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 71 04-48280 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2004 [on the report of the First Committee (A/59/465)] 59/109. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The General Assembly, Reiterating that the cessation of nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions constitutes an effective nuclear disarmament and non- proliferation measure, Recalling that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, adopted by its resolution 50/245 of 10 September 1996, was opened for signature on 24 September 1996, Stressing that a universal and effectively verifiable Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty constitutes a fundamental instrument in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Encouraged by the signing of the Treaty by one hundred and seventy-three States, including forty-one of the forty-four needed for its entry into force, and welcoming the ratification of one hundred and nineteen States, including thirty-three of the forty-four needed for its entry into force, among which there are three nuclear-weapon States, Recalling its resolution 58/71 of 8 December 2003, Welcoming the Joint Ministerial Statement reaffirming support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, signed in New York on 23 September 2004, 1. Stresses the importance and urgency of signature and ratification, without delay and without conditions, to achieve the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty; 2. Welcomes the contributions by the States signatories to the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, in particular its efforts to ensure that the Treaty’s verification regime will be capable of meeting the verification requirements of the Treaty upon its entry into force, in accordance with article IV of the Treaty; 3. Underlines the need to maintain momentum towards completion of the verification regime; A/RES/59/109 2 4. Calls upon all States to maintain their moratoriums on nuclear-weapons test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and to refrain from acts that would defeat the object and purpose of the Treaty; 5. Also calls upon all States that have not yet signed the Treaty to sign and ratify it as soon as possible; 6. Further calls upon all States that have signed but not yet ratified the Treaty, in particular those whose ratification is needed for its entry into force, to accelerate their ratification processes with a view to their earliest successful conclusion; 7. Urges all States to remain seized of the issue at the highest political level; 8. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, to prepare a report on the efforts of States that have ratified the Treaty towards its universalization and possibilities for providing assistance on ratification procedures to States that so request it, and to submit such a report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session; 9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixtieth session the item entitled “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty”. 66th plenary meeting 3 December 2004

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