Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America

• Coming into Force: 22 April 1968
• Subject Terms: Environment,Arms,Tlatelolco Treaty,International organizations-Institutions,Latin America,Disarmament
• Date of Conclusion: 14 February 1967
• Citation: UNTS v. 634 (p.281)
• Registration Date: 26 April 1968
• Registration Number: 9068
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: Mexico
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Government of Mexico
• Participants: Argentina,Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Bolivia,Brasil,Chile,China,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,Dominica,República Dominicana,Ecuador,El Salvador,France,Grenada,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Jamaica,México,Holanda,Nicaragua,Panamá,Paraguay,Perú,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Uruguay,Venezuela

No.

9068

MULTILATERAL

:

Treaty

for

the

Prohibition

of

Nuclear

Weapons in

Latin

America

(with

annexed

Additional

Protocols

I

and

II).

Done

at

Mexico,

Federal

District,

on

14

February

1967

Official

texts

:

Spanish,

French,

English,

Portuguese,

Chinese

and

Russian.

Registered

by

Mexico

on

26

April

1968.

MULTILATÉRAL

:

Traité

visant

l'interdiction

des

armes

nucléaires

en

Amérique

latine

(avec,

en

annexe,

les

Protocoles

additionnels

I

et

II).

Fait

à

Mexico

(District

fédéral),

le

14

février

1967

Textes

officiels

espagnol,

français,

anglais,

portugais,

chinois

et

russe.

Enregistré

par

le

Mexique

le

26

avril

1968.

326

United

Nations

—

Treaty

Series

1968

No.

9068.

TREATY

*

FOR

THE

PROHIBITION

OF

NUCLEAR

WEAPONS

IN

LATIN

AMERICA.

DONE

AT

MEXICO,

FEDERAL

DISTRICT,

ON

14

FEBRUARY

1967

PREAMBLE

In

the

name

of

their

peoples

and faithfully

interpreting

their

desires

and

aspirations,

the

Governments

of

the

States

which

sign

the

Treaty

for

the

Prohibition

of

Nuclear

Weapons

in

Latin

America,

Desiring

to

contribute,

so

far

as

lies

in

their

power,

towards

ending

the

armaments

race,

especially

in

the

field

of

nuclear

weapons,

and

towards

strengthening

a

world

at

peace,

based

on

the

sovereign

equality

of

States,

mutual

respect

and

good

neighbourliness,

Recalling

that

the

United

Nations

General

Assembly,

in

its

Resolution

808

(IX),

2

adopted

unanimously

as

one

of

the

three

points

of

a

coordinated

programme

of

disarmament

"

the

total

prohibition

of

the

use

and

manufacture

of

nuclear

weapons

and

weapons

of

mass

destruction

of

every

type

",

Recalling

that

militarily

denuclearized

zones

are

not

an

end

in

themselves

but

rather

a

means

for

achieving

general

and

complete

disarmament

at

a

later

stage,

Recalling

United

Nations

General Assembly

Resolution

1911

(XVIII),

3

which

established

that

the

measures

that

should

be

agreed

upon

for

the

denuclearization

of

Latin

America

should

be

taken

"

in

the

light

of

the

principles

of

the

Charter

of

the

United

Nations

and

of

regional

agreements

",

Recalling

United

Nations

General

Assembly"Resolution

2028

(XX),

4

which

established

the

principle

of

an

acceptable

balance

of

mutual

responsibi

lities

and

duties

for

the

nuclear

and

non-nuclear

powers,

and

1

In

accordance

with

paragraph

2

of

article

28,

the

Treaty

came

into

force

on

22

April

1968

as

between

Mexico

and

El

Salvador,

on

behalf

of

which

instruments

of

ratification,

with

annexed

declarations

wholly

waiving

the

requirements

laid

down

in

paragraph

1

of

the

same

article

for

the

entry

into

force

of

the

Treaty,

were

deposited

with

the

Government

of

Mexico

on

20

September

1967

and

22

April

1968,

respectively.

An

instrument

of

ratification

was

also

deposited,

on

29

January

1968,

by

the

Government

of

Brazil (not

availing

itself

of

the

waiver

provided

in

article

28,

paragraph

2).

See

p.

422

of

this

volume

for

the

texts

of

the

declarations

made

upon

ratification.

2

United

Nations,

Official

Records

of

the

General

Assembly,

Ninth

Session,

Supplement

No.

21

(A/2890), p.

3.

3

United

Nations,

Official

Records

of

the

General

Assembly,

Eighteenth

Session,

Supplement

No.

Jo

(A/5515), p.

14.

1

United

Nations,

Official

Records

of

the

General

Assembly,

Twentieth

Session,

Supplement

No.

U

(A/6014),

p.

7.