A/RES/55/33 W E STABLISHMENT OF A NUCLEAR-WEAPON -FREE ZONE IN CENTRAL ASIA The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 52/38 S of 9 December 1997 and 53/77 A of 4 December 1998 and its decision 54/417 of 1 December 1999, Recalling also paragraphs 60, 61, 62 and 64 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly31 and the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3 and recalling further the relevant paragraphs of the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons17 and of the report of its Main Committee II 75 related to the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia, Convinced that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones is conducive to the achievement of general and complete disarmament, Emphasizing the importance of internationally recognized agreements on the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones in various parts of the world and on the strengthening of the non-proliferation regime, Welcoming the adoption by the Disarmament Commission at its 1999 substantive session of principles and guidelines for the establishment of nuclearweapon-free zones on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among the States of the region concerned, 30 Believing that the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among the States of the region 76 and bearing in mind the specific characteristics of the region, can enhance the security of the States involved and strengthen global and regional peace and security, Recalling the Almaty Declaration of the heads of State of the Central Asian States of 28 February 1997 77 on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia, the statement issued at Tashkent on 15 September 1997 by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia 78 and the Communiqué of the Consultative Meeting of Experts of the Central Asian Countries, the Nuclear-Weapon States and the United Nations, held at Bishkek on 9 and 10 July 1998, 79 on the elaboration of acceptable ways and means of establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia, Reaffirming the universally recognized role of the United Nations in the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, 1. Notes with appreciation the support of all States for the initiative to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia; 75 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document., vol. II (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Part III)), sect. 6, document NPT/CONF.2000/MC.II/1. 76 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. 77 A/52/112, annex. 78 A/52/390, annex. 79 A/53/183, annex. 39