African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 79 African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1997–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/30

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/RES/58/30	African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)	462	91%Compare
1999	A/RES/54/48	African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)	470	68%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/53	African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)	527	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Africa Agenda Disarmament Agreements Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Safeguards Nuclear Weapon States Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Calls upon African States to sign and ratify the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty1 as soon as possible so that it may enter into force without delay;

Expresses its appreciation to the international community and in particular to the nuclear-weapon States which have signed the Protocols that concern them, and calls upon them to ratify the Protocols as soon as possible;

Calls upon the States contemplated in Protocol III to the Treaty to take all necessary measures to ensure the speedy application of the Treaty to territories for which they are, de jure or de facto, internationally responsible and which lie within the limits of the geographical zone established in the Treaty;

Calls upon the African States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons⁵which have not yet concluded comprehensive safeguards agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency pursuant to the Treaty to do so, thereby satisfying the requirements of article 9 (b) and annex II to the Treaty of Pelindaba when it enters into force;

⁵United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.

Expresses its profound gratitude to the Secretary-General for the diligence with which he has rendered effective assistance to the signatories to the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty in accordance with resolution 50/78;

Expresses its gratitude to the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency for the diligence with which they have rendered effective assistance to the signatories to the Treaty;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to extend assistance, within existing resources, to the signatories in 1997 in order to achieve the aims of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty".

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