AG/RES. 1876 (XXXII-O/02)
INTER-AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June 4,
2002)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Having seen the Annual
Report of the Permanent Council (AG/doc.4059/02), in particular the section on
the matters entrusted to the Committee on Hemispheric Security;
RECALLING its resolutions AG/RES. 1747 (XXX-O/00) and AG/RES. 1791
(XXXI-O/01), “Inter-American Support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty”;
RECOGNIZING that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones is an
effective and concrete mechanism which contributes to the maintenance of
international peace and security;
BEARING IN MIND that, as of this date, the Treaty for the Prohibition
of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
is in force for 32 member states of the OAS;
MINDFUL that the General Assembly, in operative
paragraph 4 of resolution AG/RES. 1798 (XXXI-O/01), reaffirms its commitment
to continue striving for a nonproliferation regime that is universal, genuine,
and nondiscriminatory in every aspect;
REAFFIRMING:
The need for universal adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty (CTBT), negotiated within the United Nations framework; and
The importance of the CTBT for ensuring the maintenance of
international peace and security;
NOTING that, to date, the CTBT has been signed by 27 member states of
the OAS and ratified by 18 of them; and, in particular, that six of the eight
states in the region whose ratification is required for the treaty to enter
into force have already ratified it; and
RECALLING the Final Declaration of the Conference on Facilitating the
Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, held in New
York from November 11 to 13, 2001, in which 109 states participated, whether
or not they had deposited their instruments of ratification,
RESOLVES:
1.
To urge the states of the region that have not yet done so, in
particular the states included in Annex 2 to the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), to sign and/or ratify the CTBT, as
appropriate, so that it may enter into force as soon as possible.
2.
To entrust the Permanent Council with holding, through the Committee on
Hemispheric Security, a special meeting on a comprehensive nuclear test ban
worldwide, with the support of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) and the participation of
the United Nations, the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Preparatory
Commission for the CTBT Organization, and other competent international
institutions in the area.
3.
To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at
its thirty-third regular session on the implementation of this resolution.
4.
To request the Secretary General to transmit this resolution to the
United Nations Secretary-General and to the Executive Secretary of the
Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Preparatory Commission for the CTBT
Organization.
