Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

A/RES/2286(XXII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1968.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Latin America Nuclear Energy Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Treaties

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4 operative paragraphs

Welcomes with special satisfaction the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, which constitutes an event of historic significance in the efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to promote international peace and security and which at the same time establishes the right of Latin American countries to use nuclear energy for demonstrated peaceful purposes in order to acceli!rate the economic and social development of their peoples;

Calls upon all States to give their full co-operation to ensure that the regime laid down in the Treaty enjoys the universal observance to which its lofty principles and noble aims entitle it ;

Recommends States which are or may become signatories of the Treaty and those contemplated in Additional Protocol I of the Treaty to strive to take all the measures within their power to ensure that the Treaty speedily obtains the widest possible application among them;

Invites Powers possessing nuclear ·weapons to sign and ratify Additional Protocol II of the Treaty as soon possible.

1620th plnsary meeting,

5 December 1967.

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