Amendment To The Treaty For The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons In Latin America (replacing paragraph 2 of Article 25)

Filename: 1991-Amendment-1967-ProhibitionNuclearWeaponsLatinAmerica.EN.txt

AMENDMENT OF THE TREATY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Source: http://www.opanal.org/Docs/cg/res/en/CG12res268i.pdf

RESOLUTION 268 (XII) Adopted by the Second Meeting of Signatories of the Treaty of Tlatelolco

The General Conference,

RECALLING Resolution 267 (E-V) of the Fifth Special Session;

BEARING IN MIND the steps taken by the Good Offices Committee with a view to amending paragraph 2 of Article 25 of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, in order to permit the incorporation of other States;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the recommendations of the Second Meeting of Signatories of the Treaty of Tlatelolco as to its possible amendment,

Resolves:

TO REPLACE paragraph 2 of Article 25 of the Treaty with the following text:

"The condition of State Party to the Treaty of Tlatelolco shall be restricted to independent States which are situated within the Zone of application of the Treaty in accordance with Article 4 of same, and with paragraph 1 of the present Article, and which were members of the United Nations as of December 10, 1985, as well as to the nonautonomous territories mentioned in document OAS/CER.P, AG/doc. 1939/85 of November 5, 1985, once they attain their independence."