UN General Assembly
1967

80. So far as the Latin American States are concerned, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, which is included on the agenda of the present session as item 91 and which has already been signed by twenty of the twenty-one States that approved it, is the best proof that they have faithfully carried out the most arduous part of their task. It still remains for them, however, to see that the necessary steps are taken to enable the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, which is set up under the Treaty, to come into operation as soon as the Treaty has entered into force among eleven States, in accordance with the provisions of article 28, paragraph 2. We venture to hope that this will be within one year at the most. 81. My Government, which believes that example is the best preacher, has just deposited, on 20 September last, its instrument of ratification, to which it annexed the following statement: