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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/35
23 December 1997
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 68
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the First Committee (A/52/597)]
52/35.
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 3265 B (XXIX) of 9 December 1974, 3476 B (XXX) of 11 December 1975,
31/73 of 10 December 1976, 32/83 of 12 December 1977, 33/65 of 14 December 1978, 34/78 of 11
December 1979, 35/148 of 12 December 1980, 36/88 of 9 December 1981, 37/76 of 9 December 1982, 38/65
of 15 December 1983, 39/55 of 12 December 1984, 40/83 of 12 December 1985, 41/49 of 3 December 1986,
42/29 of 30 November 1987, 43/66 of 7 December 1988, 44/109 of 15 December 1989, 45/53 of 4 December
1990, 46/31 of 6 December 1991, 47/49 of 9 December 1992, 48/72 of 16 December 1993, 49/72 of 15
December 1994, 50/67 of 12 December 1995 and 51/42 of 10 December 1996 concerning the establishment
of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia,
Reiterating its conviction that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones in various regions of the
world is one of the measures that can contribute effectively to the objectives of non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons and general and complete disarmament,
Believing that the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia, as in other regions, will
assist in the strengthening of the security of the States of the region against the use or threat of use of nuclear
weapons,
Taking note with appreciation of the declarations issued at the highest level by the Governments of
South Asian States that are developing their peaceful nuclear programmes, reaffirming their undertaking not
to acquire or manufacture nuclear weapons and to devote their nuclear programmes exclusively to the
economic and social advancement of their peoples,
Welcoming the proposal for the conclusion of a bilateral or regional nuclear-test-ban agreement in South
Asia,
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