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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/48
23 December 1999
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 70
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the First Committee (A/54/557)]
54/48.
African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 52/46 of 9 December 1997 and all its other relevant resolutions, as well as
those of the Organization of African Unity,
Recalling also the successful conclusion of the signing ceremony of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free
Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)1 that was held in Cairo on 11 April 1996,
Recalling further the Cairo Declaration adopted on that occasion,2 which emphasized that nuclearweapon-free zones, especially in regions of tension, such as the Middle East, enhance global and regional
peace and security,
Noting the statement made by the President of the Security Council on behalf of the members of the
Council on 12 April 1996,3 in which it was stated that the signature of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free
Zone Treaty constituted an important contribution by the African countries to the maintenance of
international peace and security,
1
See A/50/426.
2
A/51/113-S/1996/276, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-first Year, Supplement
for April, May and June 1996, document S/1996/276.
3
Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1996, document S/PRST/1996/17.
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