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1 Renata Dwan & Chen Zak Kane, The Ways and Means in Which Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Contribute to Regional Peace, Stability and Other Political Objectives 1 (2020)

handle is hein.unl/unwymn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY The ways and means in which nuclear-weapon-free zones contribute to regional peace, stability and other political objectives Dr. Renata Dwan and Dr. Chen Zak Kane United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Discussion paper for Panel 1: Adapting to the regional context, Workshop on Good Practices and Lessons Learned from Existing Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaties Online, 7-9 July 2020 NWFZs as a distinct nonproliferation tool Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZ) are arrangements freely established between groups of States to address nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues. They are legally binding agreements, recognized by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The General Assembly defined in 1975 a NWFZ as any zone, recognized as such by the UN General Assembly, established by virtue of a treaty or convention the total absence of nuclear weapons within the zone verified by an international system to monitor compliance with this commitment.1 Five treaties establishing NWFZs have been concluded so far: the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, the 1985 Treaty of Rarotonga on the South Pacific NWFZ, the 1995 Bangkok Treaty on the South East Asia NWFZ, the 1996 Pelindaba Treaty on the African NWFZ, and the 2006 Semipalatinsk Treaty on a NWFZ in Central Asia.2 Mongolia was recognized internationally as a single-state nuclear- weapon-free zone in 2001. Although distinct in origins, structure and mechanisms, the five NWFZ reflect a commitment on the part of their signatory states to nuclear non-proliferation and more broadly, to working toward a world without nuclear weapons. As such, NWFZ strengthen non-proliferation norms globally and seek to give them practical expression at a regional level. As such, NWFZ promote and seek to contribute to international peace and security at global and regional levels. The international community has long considered the establishment of such zones an important measure and encouraged their creation, with the ultimate objective of enhancing global and 1 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3472 (XXX) B of 11 December 1975, https://ww v.un.org/en/ga/search/view doc.asp?aymbol=ARS/34'72(XXX) 2 For text of the treaties, see UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, httns://www.Un. oi/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/nwfz/ 1