UN General Assembly
2000

“Mongolia's international security and nuclear- weapon-free status”. As a follow-up to its declaration, 7 the Mongolian Parliament adopted a law last February on Mongolia's nuclear-weapon-free status, thus institutionalizing it at the national level. At this session, we expect a joint statement by the nuclear- weapon States to provide security assurances to Mongolia in connection with its nuclear-weapon-free status, which would represent an important step along the road to institutionalizing that status at the international level. I wish to put on record my Government's appreciation to the five Permanent Members for their constructive cooperation and support. We believe that the aforementioned security assurances would be more credible if Mongolia's other external security issues were duly addressed. In that case, not only would the status be more credible; but it would also allow Mongolia to serve as a positive factor of stability and predictability in the region. In this connection, we certainly share the view of the Secretary-General, expressed in his report on this item, that consultations with the relevant United Nations bodies will produce concrete and action-oriented