United Nations A/RES/60/50 General Assembly Distr.: General 6 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 91 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2005 [on the report of the First Committee (A/60/457)] 60/50. Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) The General Assembly, Recalling that the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) 1 was opened for signature at Mexico City on 14 February 1967, Recalling also that, in its preamble, the Treaty of Tlatelolco states that military denuclearized zones are not an end in themselves but rather a means for achieving general and complete disarmament at a later stage, Recalling further that, in its resolution 2286 (XXII) of 5 December 1967, it welcomed with special satisfaction the Treaty of Tlatelolco as an event of historic significance in the efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to promote international peace and security, Recalling that in 1990, 1991 and 1992 the General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean approved and opened for signature a set of amendments 2 to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, with the aim of enabling the full entry into force of that instrument, Highlighting that the Treaty of Tlatelolco is now in force for thirty-three sovereign States of the region, thereby consolidating the first nuclear-weapon-free zone established in a densely populated region, Noting with satisfaction the leadership of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean in the convening of the first Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish NuclearWeapon-Free Zones, held in Tlatelolco, Mexico, from 26 to 28 April 2005, 3 _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068. A/47/467, annex. 3 A/60/121, annexes. 2 05-49060