A/RES/64/52 GA

United Nations A/RES/64/52 General Assembly Distr.: General 12 January 2010 Sixty-fourth session Agenda item 96 09-46495 *0946495* Please rec cle ♲ Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2009 [on the report of the First Committee (A/64/391)] 64/52. Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia The General Assembly, Recognizing the right of any group of States to conclude regional treaties in order to ensure the total absence of nuclear weapons in their respective territories, under article VII of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 0F1 Recognizing also the important contribution of the treaties of Tlatelolco, 1F 2 Rarotonga, 2F 3 Bangkok, 3F 4 Pelindaba4F 5 and Central Asia, 5F 6 as well as the Antarctic Treaty, 6F 7 to the achievement of the objectives of nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament, Recalling its resolution 63/56 of 2 December 2008 on Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status, Urging regions that have not yet established nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties to accelerate efforts in this direction, particularly in the Middle East, through agreements freely arrived at among the States of the region concerned, in accordance with the provisions of the Final Document of the First Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament 7F8 and the principles adopted by the United Nations Disarmament Commission in 1999, 8F9 _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485. 2 Ibid., vol. 634, No. 9068. 3 See The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 10: 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.IX.7), appendix VII. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1981, No. 33873. 5 A/50/426, annex. 6 Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia. 7 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 402, No. 5778. 8 Resolution S-10/2. 9 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth session, Supplement No. 42 (A/54/42), annex I, sect. C. A/RES/64/52 2 Taking note of paragraph 122 of the Final Document of the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 11 to 16 July 2009,9F10 in which the Heads of State and Government stated their belief that those nuclear-weapon-free zones were positive steps and important measures towards strengthening global nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, Recognizing the progress made on increased collaboration within and between zones at the first Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, held in Tlatelolco, Mexico, from 26 to 28 April 2005, at which States reaffirmed their need to cooperate in order to achieve their common objectives, Recalling the adoption of the Declaration of Santiago de Chile by the Governments of the States members of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the States parties to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, during the nineteenth regular session of the General Conference of the Agency, held in Santiago on 7 and 8 November 2005, 10F11 Recalling also the support for nuclear-weapon-free zones expressed by the Security Council summit on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament, held on 24 September 2009, and for the convening of the second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia, to be held in New York on 30 April 2010, 1. Decides to convene the second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia in New York on 30 April 2010; 2. Notes that the objective of the Conference will be to consider ways and means to enhance consultations and cooperation among States parties and signatories, the treaty agencies and other interested States, with the purpose of promoting coordination and convergence in the implementation of the provisions of the treaties and in strengthening the regime of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation; 3. Urges the States parties and signatories to treaties that have established nuclear-weapon-free zones to develop activities of cooperation and coordination in order to promote their common objectives in the framework of the Conference; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary assistance and services as may be required for the second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia. 55th plenary meeting 2 December 2009 _______________ 10 See A/63/965-S/2009/514, annex. 11 See A/60/678.

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