A/RES/76/18
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 94
African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 6 December 2021
[on the report of the First Committee (A/76/438, para. 7)]
76/18.
African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 51/53 of 10 December 1996 and 56/17 of 29 November
2001 and all its other relevant resolutions, as well as those of the Organization of
African Unity and of the African Union,
Recalling also the signing of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
(Treaty of Pelindaba) in Cairo on 11 April 1996, 1
Recalling further the Cairo Declaration adopted on that occasion, 2 in which it
was emphasized that nuclear-weapon-free zones, especially in regions of tension,
such as the Middle East, enhance global and regional peace and security,
Recalling the statement made by the President of the Security Council on behalf
of the members of the Council on 12 April 1996, 3 in which the Council affirmed that
the signature of the Treaty constituted an important contribution by the African
countries to the maintenance of international peace and security,
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.
Recalls with satisfaction the entry into force of the African NuclearWeapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba) on 15 July 2009;
2.
Calls upon African States that have not yet done so to sign and ratify the
Treaty as soon as possible;
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21-18251 (E)
A/50/426, annex.
A/51/113-S/1996/276, annex.
S/PRST/1996/17; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1996 (S/INF/52).
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