A/RES/52/38 Page 29 10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "Transparency in armaments". 67th plenary meeting 9 December 1997 S Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia The General Assembly, Emphasizing the importance of internationally recognized agreements on the establishment of nuclearweapon-free zones in various regions of the world, Recalling paragraphs 60, 61, 62 and 64 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,10 the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons5 and paragraphs 5 and 6 of the decision entitled "Principles and objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament" in the Final Document of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,37 concerning the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, Recalling also the Almaty Declaration of the heads of State of the Central Asian States of 28 February 199758 and the statement issued at Tashkent on 15 September 1997 by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the establishment of a nuclear-weaponfree zone in Central Asia,59 Reaffirming the generally recognized role of the United Nations in promoting the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, Convinced that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones in various regions of the world can contribute to the achievement of general and complete disarmament, Believing that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones in various regions, including Central Asia, will help to strengthen peace and stability at both the regional and the global levels and is in the interest of the security of the States in the Central Asian region, Welcoming the offer of Kyrgyzstan to hold a consultative meeting of experts on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia at Bishkek in 1998, 1. Calls upon all States to support the initiative aimed at the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia; 58 A/52/112, annex. 59 A/52/390, annex. /...