Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
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SymbolA/RES/62/35
TitleNuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Welcomes the continued contribution that the Antarctic Treaty 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 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 adhered to them; affirms its conviction 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, and, with particular reference to the responsibilities of the nuclear-weapon States, calls upon all States to support the process of nuclear disarmament and to work for the total elimination of all nuclear weapons.
Action note2007-12-05
Vote summary
Adopted 169-3-8, 61st plenary meeting
DraftA/C.1/62/L.27
Committee reportA/62/391
Meeting record
A/62/PV.61
Agenda information
A/62/251 98n Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas. SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE--NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES
Date[New York] : UN, 10 Jan. 2008
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3 p.
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Issued in GAOR, 62nd sess., Suppl. no. 49.