A/RES/71/27
United Nations
Distr.: General
9 December 2016
General Assembly
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 91
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2016
[on the report of the First Committee (A/71/443)]
71/27.
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
The General Assembly,
Recalling that the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) 1 was opened for signature in
Mexico City on 14 February 1967,
Recalling also that, in its resolution 2286 (XXII) of 5 December 1967, the
General Assembly welcomed with special satisfaction the Treaty of Tlatelolco as an
event of historic significance in the efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear
weapons and to promote international peace and security,
Considering that the fiftieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the
Treaty of Tlatelolco will be commemorated at the ministerial level in Mexico City
on 14 February 2017, at the twenty-fifth session of the General Conference of the
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean,
Recalling that, in its preamble, the Treaty of Tlatelolco states that militaril y
denuclearized zones are not an end in themselves but rather a means for achieving
general and complete disarmament at a later stage,
Recalling also that, in its preamble, the Treaty of Tlatelolco notes that the
establishment of militarily denuclearized zones is closely linked with the
maintenance of peace and security in the respective regions and that the military
denuclearization of vast geographical zones, adopted by the sovereign decision of
the States comprised therein, will exercise a beneficial influence on other regions
where similar conditions exist,
Considering that, 50 years following its adoption, the Treaty of Tlatelolco
remains a living instrument and a source of inspiration for the creation of other
nuclear-weapon-free zones,
Taking note of the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone
of peace by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States at its second
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