Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Calls upon all States to cooperate in the promotion of the objectives established in the declaration of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic and to refrain from any action inconsistent with those objectives and with the Charter of UN and relevant resolutions of the Organization, particularly action which may create or aggravate situations of tension and potential conflict in the region; welcomes the agreement reached at Brasilia to encourage democracy and political pluralism and, to promote and defend human rights and fundamental freedoms and also to cooperate towards the achievement of those goals; welcomes also the recent progress towards the full entry into force of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) which will permit the consolidation in the near future of the status of the Treaty region as a nuclear-weapon-free zone; welcomes further the efforts made towards the implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa leading to the conclusion of a treaty on a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Africa; stresses the importance to the zone of the results of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3-14 June 1992, highlighting as a remarkable result the adoption of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and Agenda 21, as well as the UN Framework Convention on Climate.

Adopted 132-0-2, 74th meeting

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Adopted at the 74th plenary meeting, 2 Dec. 1994.