Draft resolution of Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status approved
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On November 1, the
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) of the United Nations
General Assembly approved a draft resolution of Mongolia’s international
security and nuclear-weapon-free status.
In
1992, Mongolia declared its territory a nuclear-weapon-free zone,
received support from the General Assembly. Since 1998, the resolution has been
approved biannually.
The General Assembly called on other UN Member States to continue to cooperate with Mongolia in taking the
measures necessary to consolidate and strengthen Mongolia’s independence,
sovereignty and territorial integrity, the inviolability of its borders, its
independent foreign policy, its economic security and its ecological balance,
as well as its nuclear-weapon-free status.
Mongolia’s
nuclear-weapon-free status has a great significance for actions of the
international organization in disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
In 2017, the 25th Anniversary of
Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status was marked and Secretary-General António
Guterres sent a congratulatory message in which he noted that Mongolia’s
nuclear-weapon-free status is 'unique'. He also highlighted that the UN highly
appreciates the achievement of the Mongolian Government and its
people towards nuclear-weapon disarmament and the
non-proliferation of weapons.