RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE NINTH ISLAMIC CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS
ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC)
April 24-28, 1978
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RESOLUTION No. 6/9-P
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONES IN AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA
The Ninth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers meeting in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, from 17-21 Jumad Al Awal, 1398 H. (24-28 April, 1978),
RECALLING Resolution No. 12/8-P adopted by the Eighth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers on the establishment of Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia;
RECALLING the two resolutions of the UN General Assembly No. 32/83 adopted at the 32nd Session of the UN General Assembly as well as Resolution 3265B and 3476B;
REITERATING the importance of achieving complete denuclearisation of these regions;
CONVINCED that the establishment of Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia will strengthen the security of the states of these regions against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons;
NOTING the positive developments including the declarations made at the highest level by governments of South Asian states, reaffirming their pledge not to acquire or manufacture nuclear weapons and to restrict their nuclear programs to the economic and social progress of their peoples:
1. URGES the states of these regions to pursue their efforts aimed at establishing nuclear-weapon free zones in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, and to refrain, as well, from any action contrary to this objective;
2. CALLS UPON the nuclear states to honour their obligations with regard to the denuclearization of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia;
3. REQUESTS Islamic States to coordinate their stands particularly at the Fourth Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Disarmament, with a view to establishing Weapon Free Zones in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
RESOLUTION No. 7/9-P
STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF NON NUCLEAR STATES
The Ninth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers meeting in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, from 17-21 Jumad Al Awal, 1398 H (24-28 April, 1978),
RECALLING Resolution No. 17/8-P, of the Eighth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers on the Strengthening of the Security of Non-Nuclear States;
WELCOMING the adoption of Resolution No. 32/87-B by the 32 Session of the United Nations General Assembly which urges the Nuclear States, as a first step towards complete banning of the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, to pledge themselves, without prejudice to agreement concluded among them, to establish nuclear weapon free zones, and not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non nuclear states, not parties to the nuclear security arrangements of some nuclear powers;
CONSIDERING that, until nuclear disarmament is achieved on a universal basis, it is imperative for the international community to devise effective measures whereby to ensure the security of non-nuclear states against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. Whatever the source may be;
NOTING that the non nuclear states have sought assurances from nuclear powers that they will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against them;
CONSIDERING that the existence of binding restraints against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons against non nuclear states, would strengthen the security guarantees to non-nuclear states:
1. ENDORSES the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly calling for the strengthening of the security guarantees to non-nuclear states;
2. URGES the nuclear powers to give serious consideration, at the forthcoming special session of the United Nations General Assembly on Disarmament, to extending the scope of the pledge proposed in the two General Assembly Resolutions 31/189C and 32/87 B and to taking rapid action in all relevant fora to strengthen the security of non nuclear states.
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