A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/53 9 January 1997 Fifty-first session Agenda item 79 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the First Committee (A/51/566/Add.19)] 51/53. African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba) The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 50/78 of 12 December 1995 and all its other relevant resolutions, as well as those of the Organization of African Unity, Noting and welcoming with satisfaction the successful conclusion of the signing ceremony of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)1 that was held at Cairo on 11 April 1996, Recalling the Cairo Declaration adopted on that occasion, which emphasized that nuclear-weapon-free zones, especially in regions of tension, such as the Middle East, enhance global and regional peace and security, Noting with satisfaction the statement made by the Security Council on behalf of the members of the Council in which it was stated that the signature of the African Zone Treaty constituted an important contribution by the the maintenance of international peace and security, President of the on 12 April 1996,2 Nuclear-Weapon-Free African countries to Considering that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, especially in the Middle East, would enhance the security of Africa and the viability of the African nuclear-weapon-free zone, 1 See A/50/426. 2 S/PRST/1996/17. 97-76099 /...