A/RES/52/38 Page 22 N The nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 51/45 B of 10 December 1996, Determined to continue to contribute to the prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons in all its aspects and to the process of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control, in particular in the field of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, with a view to strengthening international peace and security, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the provisions on nuclear-weapon-free zones of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,10 the first special session devoted to disarmament, as well as of the decision on principles and objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,37 Stressing the importance of the treaties of Tlatelolco,47 Rarotonga,48 Bangkok,49 and Pelindaba,50 establishing nuclear-weapon-free zones, as well as the Antarctic Treaty,51 to, inter alia, the ultimate objective of achieving a world entirely free of nuclear weapons, and underlining also the value of enhancing cooperation among the nuclear-weapon-free zone treaty members by means of mechanisms such as joint meetings of States parties, signatories and observers to those treaties, Recalling the applicable principles and rules of international law relating to rights of passage through maritime space, including under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,52 1. Welcomes the contribution that the Antarctic Treaty51 and the treaties of Tlatelolco,47 Rarotonga,48 Bangkok49 and Pelindaba50 are making towards freeing the entire southern hemisphere and adjacent areas covered by those treaties from nuclear weapons; 2. Calls for the ratification of the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, Bangkok and Pelindaba by all regional States, and calls upon all concerned States to continue to work together in order to facilitate adherence to the protocols to nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties by all relevant States that have not yet done so; 47 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. 48 South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty. 49 Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone. 50 African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty. 51 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 402, No. 5778. 52 Official Records of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, vol. XVII (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.84.V.3), document A/CONF.62/122. /...