Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99z Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty), published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2008–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/47	Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)	1,164	85%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/39	Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)	1,044	70%Compare
2015	A/RES/70/60	Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)	881	89%Compare
2013	A/RES/68/49	Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)	815	76%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/43	Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)	804	83%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Nuclear Weapon States Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Regional Security Southeast Asia

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the commitment and efforts of the Commission for the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone to further enhance and strengthen the implementation of the Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty) by implementing the Plan of Action to Strengthen the Implementation of the Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (2023–2027), adopted in Phnom Penh in 2022, with a renewed commitment and a stronger emphasis on concrete actions, and the decision of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Political-Security Community Council, established under the Charter of the Association, to give priority to the implementation of the Plan of Action;

Also welcomes the accession of Timor-Leste to the Bangkok Treaty, which contributes to regional peace and security and supports global efforts on nuclear disarmament and non‑proliferation;

Recognizes the intention of States Parties to the Bangkok Treaty to continue exploring the possibility of allowing individual nuclear-weapon States which are willing to sign and ratify the Protocol to the Bangkok Treaty without reservations and provide prior formal assurance of this commitment in writing to go ahead with the signing, to welcome any nuclear-weapon States that are ready to do so, and the commitment of the States Parties to the Bangkok Treaty to continuously engage with all the nuclear-weapon States, including those with reservations, and intensify efforts by all parties to resolve all outstanding issues in accordance with the objectives and principles of the Bangkok Treaty;

Underlines the value of enhancing and implementing further ways and means of cooperation among the States Parties to nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties and the protocols thereto, with a view to strengthening the non‑proliferation regime and to contributing towards realizing the objective of nuclear disarmament;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-second session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)”.

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