A/RES/70/24
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 December 2015
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 93
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2015
[on the report of the First Committee (A/70/456)]
70/24.
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region
of the Middle East
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 3263 (XXIX) of 9 December 1974, 3474 (XXX) of
11 December 1975, 31/71 of 10 December 1976, 32/82 of 12 December 1977, 33/64
of 14 December 1978, 34/77 of 11 December 1979, 35/147 of 12 December 1980,
36/87 A and B of 9 December 1981, 37/75 of 9 December 1982, 38/64 of
15 December 1983, 39/54 of 12 December 1984, 40/82 of 12 December 1985, 41/48
of 3 December 1986, 42/28 of 30 November 1987, 43/65 of 7 December 1988,
44/108 of 15 December 1989, 45/52 of 4 December 1990, 46/30 of 6 December
1991, 47/48 of 9 December 1992, 48/71 of 16 December 1993, 49/71 of
15 December 1994, 50/66 of 12 December 1995, 51/41 of 10 December 1996, 52/34
of 9 December 1997, 53/74 of 4 December 1998, 54/51 of 1 December 1999, 55/30
of 20 November 2000, 56/21 of 29 November 2001, 57/55 of 22 November 2002,
58/34 of 8 December 2003, 59/63 of 3 December 2004, 60/52 of 8 December 2005,
61/56 of 6 December 2006, 62/18 of 5 December 2007, 63/38 of 2 December 2008,
64/26 of 2 December 2009, 65/42 of 8 December 2010, 66/25 of 2 December 2011,
67/28 of 3 December 2012, 68/27 of 5 December 2013 and 69/29 of 2 December
2014 on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the
Middle East,
Recalling also the recommendations for the establishment of a nuclearweapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East consistent with paragraphs 60
to 63, and in particular paragraph 63 (d), of the Final Document of the Tenth Special
Session of the General Assembly,1
Emphasizing the basic provisions of the above-mentioned resolutions, in
which all parties directly concerned are called upon to consider taking the practical
and urgent steps required for the implementation of the proposal to establish a
nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East and, pending and during
the establishment of such a zone, to declare solemnly that they will refrain, on a
reciprocal basis, from producing, acquiring or in any other way possessing nuclear
weapons and nuclear explosive devices and from permitting the stationing of
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Resolution S-10/2.
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