Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 36/83 Concerning Thesignature and Ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 41 Implementation of General Assembly resolution 36/83 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), published in 1983.

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Disarmament Agreements Latin America Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

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Having in mind the objectives of the World Disarmament Campaign, solemnly launched by the General Assembly at its twelfth special session, 3 which is intehded to promote public interest in, and support for, reaching agreements on measures of arms limitation and disarmament,

Recalling further paragraph 93 (c) of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, 4 the first special session devoted to disarmament, in which it is provided that the Secretary-General shall periodically sub mit reports to the Assembly on the economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harm ful effects on world peace and security,

Considering that the elaboration of such reports should be viewed as a measure aimed at building confidence among States.

Welcomes with satisfaction the updated report of the Secretary-General on the economic and social consequences of the arms race and of military expenditures;5

Expresses its thanks to the Secretary-General and to the Group of Consultant Experts on the Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and of Military Expendi tures, as well as to the Governments and international or ganizations that have rendered assistance in updating the report;

Recommends that the conclusions of the updated re port should be brought to the attention of public opinion and also taken into account in future action by the United Nations in the field of disarmament;

Requests the Secretary-General to make the neces sary arrangements for the reproduction of the report as a United Nations publication5 and to give it publicity in the framework of the World Disarmament Campaign, taking also into account the views expressed on the report by Mem ber States not later than 1 March 1983;

Recommends that all Governments should ensure the widest possible distribution of the report, including, where appropriate, its translation into the respective national languages;

Invites the specialized agencies as well as intergov ernmental, national and non-governmental organizations to use their facilities to make the report widely known;

Reaffirms its decision to keep the item entitled ''Eco nomic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security" under constant review, and decides to include it in the pro visional agenda of its fortieth session.

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 36/83 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin Amer ica (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

Regrets that the signature of Additional Protocol I by France, which took place on 2 March 1979, has not yet been followed by the corresponding ratification, notwith standing the time already elapsed and the pressing invita tions which the General Assembly has addressed to it;

Urges France not to delay any further such ratifi cation, which has been requested so many times;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session an item entitled "Implementation of General Assembly resolution 37/71 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco)''.

37 n2. Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons

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'Ibid., document A/S-12/32, annex V.

4 Resolution S-10/2.

5 A/37/386. The report was subsequently issued with the title Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and of Military Expenditures 6 United Nations. Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068, p. 326. (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.83.IX.2).

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