Nuclear-Weapon-Free Southern Hemisphere and Adjacent Areas

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99i Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas, published in 2022.

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Africa Antarctica Disarmament Agreements Latin America and the Caribbean Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Oceania Southeast Asia

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At its 46th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2022, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 158 to 1, with 20 abstentions,58 on the recommendation of the First Committee,59 recalling its resolutions 51/45 B of 10 December 1996, 52/38 N of 9 December 1997, 53/77 Q of 4 December 1998, 54/54 L of 1 December 1999, 55/33 I of 20 November 2000, 56/24 G of 29 November 2001, 57/73 of 22 November 2002, 58/49 of 8 December 2003, 59/85 of 3 December 2004, 60/58 of 8 December 2005, 61/69 of 6 December 2006, 62/35 of 5 December 2007, 63/65 of 2 December 2008, 64/44 of 2 December 2009, 65/58 of 8 December 2010, 67/55 of 3 December 2012, 69/35 of 2 December 2014, 70/45 of 7 December 2015, 71/51 of 5 December 2016, 72/45 of 4 December 2017, 74/48 of 12 December 2019 and 76/44 of 6 December 2021, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-eighth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas”.

_______________ 52 See A/77/PV.46. 53 A/77/385, para. 111. 54 See A/77/PV.46. 55 A/77/385, para. 111. 56 See A/77/PV.46. 57 A/77/385, para. 111. 58 See A/77/PV.46. 59 A/77/385, para. 111.

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