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it 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,
Recalling that in 1990, 1991 and 1992 the General Conference of the
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean approved and opened for signature a set of amendments to the Treaty
of Tlatelolco, 2/ with the aim of enabling the full entry into force of that
instrument,
Bearing in mind that, with the full adherence in 1995 of Saint Lucia,
the Treaty of Tlatelolco is in force for thirty sovereign States of the
region,
Noting with satisfaction that the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis
ratified the Treaty of Tlatelolco on 18 April 1995,
Also noting with satisfaction that the Government of Cuba subscribed to
the Treaty of Tlatelolco on 25 March 1995, thus contributing to a greater
integration among the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean for the
attainment of the aims of the Treaty,
Further noting with satisfaction that the amended Treaty of Tlatelolco
is fully in force for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru,
Suriname and Uruguay,
1.
Welcomes the concrete steps taken by several countries of the
region during the past year for the consolidation of the regime of military
denuclearization established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco);
2.
Notes with satisfaction the full adherence of Saint Lucia to the
Treaty of Tlatelolco;
3.
Urges the countries of the region that have not yet done so to
deposit their instruments of ratification of the amendments to the Treaty of
Tlatelolco approved by the General Conference of the Agency for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean in its
resolutions 267 (E-V) of 3 July 1990, 268 (XII) of 10 May 1991 and 290 (VII)
of 26 August 1992;
4.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first
session the item entitled "Consolidation of the regime established by the
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)".
90th plenary meeting
12 December 1995
2/
A/47/467, annex.