A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/245 17 September 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 65 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/L.78 and Add.1)] 50/245. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 50/65 of 12 December 1995, in which the Assembly declared its readiness to resume consideration of the item "Comprehensive test-ban treaty", as necessary, before its fifty-first session in order to endorse the text of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty, 1. Adopts the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as contained in document A/50/1027; 2. Requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to open it for signature, at United Nations Headquarters, at the earliest possible date; 3. Calls upon all States to sign and, thereafter, according to their respective constitutional processes, to become parties to the Treaty at the earliest possible date; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the status of signature and ratifications of the Treaty. 125th plenary meeting 10 September 1996 96-77407