United Nations General Assembly A/RES/61/88 Distr.: General 18 December 2006 Sixty-first session Agenda item 90 (bb) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2006 [on the report of the First Committee (A/61/394)] 61/88. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 52/38 S of 9 December 1997, 53/77 A of 4 December 1998, 55/33 W of 20 November 2000 and 57/69 of 22 November 2002, and its decisions 54/417 of 1 December 1999, 56/412 of 29 November 2001, 58/518 of 8 December 2003, 59/513 of 3 December 2004 and 60/516 of 8 December 2005, Convinced that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones contributes to the achievement of general and complete disarmament, and emphasizing the importance of internationally recognized treaties on the establishment of such zones in different regions of the world in the strengthening of the non-proliferation regime, Considering 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 1 constitutes an important step towards strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime, promoting cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and in the environmental rehabilitation of territories affected by radioactive contamination, and enhancing regional and international peace and security, Considering also the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia as an effective contribution to combating international terrorism and preventing nuclear materials and technologies from falling into the hands of nonState actors, primarily terrorists, Reaffirming the universally recognized role of the United Nations in the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, 1. Welcomes the signing of the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on 8 September 2006; _______________ 1 06-49971 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.