Welcomes the continued contribution that the Antarctic and the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, Bangkok and Pelindaba are making towards freeing the southern hemisphere and adjacent areas covered by those treaties from nuclear weapons; calls for the ratification of the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, Bangkok and Pelindaba by all States of the region concerned, and calls upon all concerned States to continue to work together in order to facilitate adherence to the protocols to nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties by all relevant States that have not yet done so; welcomes the steps taken to conclude further nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties; convinced of the important role of nuclear-weapon-free zones in strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime and in extending the areas of the world that are nuclear-weapon-free, calls upon all States to support the process of nuclear disarmament; encourages the competent authorities of the nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties to provide assistance to the States parties and signatories to such treaties so as to facilitate the accomplishment of these goals.

Adopted 159-4-5, 69th plenary meeting

In: General and complete disarmament : resolutions / adopted by the General Assembly - A/RES/55/33 - 12 Jan. 2001 - p. 14-16.