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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/48/86
7 January 1994
Forty-eighth session
Agenda item 82
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the First Committee (A/48/687)]
48/86.
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Africa
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa 1/
adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization
of African Unity at its first ordinary session, held at Cairo from 17 to 21
July 1964, in which they solemnly declare their readiness to undertake,
through an international agreement to be concluded under United Nations
auspices, not to manufacture or acquire control of atomic weapons,
Recalling its resolutions 1652 (XVI) of 24 November 1961 and 47/76 of 15
December 1992, its earliest and latest on the subject, as well as all its
previous resolutions on the implementation of the Declaration on the
Denuclearization of Africa,
Desirous of ensuring the implementation of the provisions of paragraphs
60 to 63 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General
Assembly, 2/
Calling upon all States to consider and respect the continent of Africa
and its surrounding areas as a nuclear-weapon-free zone,
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1/
Official Records of the General Assembly, Twentieth Session,
Annexes, agenda item 105, document A/5975.
2/
Resolution S-10/2.
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