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1. Endorses the Final Declaration of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty1 and, in particular:
(a) Calls upon all States that have not yet signed the Treaty to sign and ratify it as soon as possible
and to refrain from acts that would defeat its object and purpose in the meanwhile;
(b) Calls upon all States that have signed but not yet ratified the Treaty, in particular those whose
ratification is needed for its entry into force, to accelerate their ratification processes with a view to their
early successful conclusion;
2. Urges all States to sustain the momentum generated by the Conference by continuing to remain
seized of the issue at the highest political level;
3. Welcomes the contributions by States signatories to the work of the Preparatory Commission for
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, in particular to its efforts to ensure that the
Treaty's verification regime will be capable of meeting the verification requirements of the Treaty at entry
into force, in accordance with article IV of the Treaty;
4. Urges States to maintain their moratoria on nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear
explosions;
5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled
“Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty”.
69th plenary meeting
1 December 1999
1
A/54/514–S/1999/1102, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-fourth Year,
Supplement for October, November and December 1999, document S/1999/1102.