African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1997
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SymbolA/RES/52/46
TitleAfrican Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
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Summary
Calls upon African States that have not yet done so to sign and ratify the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty as soon as possible so that it may enter into force without delay; expresses its appreciation to the nuclear-weapon States that have signed the Protocols that concern them, and calls upon those which have not yet ratified the Protocols concerning them to do so as soon as possible; calls upon the States contemplated in Protocol III to the Treaty that have not yet done so to take all necessary measures to ensure the speedy application of the Treaty to territories for which they are, de jure or de facto, internationally responsible and which lie within the limits of the geographical zone established in the Treaty; calls upon the African States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons that have not yet concluded comprehensive safeguards agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency pursuant to the Treaty to do so, thereby satisfying the requirements of article 9 (b) of and annex II to the Treaty of Pelindaba when it enters into force.
Action note1997-12-09
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 67th meeting
Meeting record
A/52/PV.67
Agenda information
A/52/251 79 African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty. AFRICA--NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES
Date[New York] : UN, 31 Dec. 1997.
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2 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 67th plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1997.