Mongolian Nuclear-Weapons-Free Status

In 1992, the then Mongolian President Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat has declared that Mongolia aspires to become a nuclear-free zone. In the same year, the last Russian troops left the country and Mongolia took the changed geopolitical importance of the country to the attention, whereupon the President recognized the chance of a Mongolian neutrality.

The initiative of the nuclear-free zone has been warmly welcomed by the surrounding neighbors Russia and China, both nuclear powers themselves. The self- declaration of a nuclear-free zone of a single country was and is still unique, because usually larger, more comprehensive states areas are declared such a zone, even if the possibility for individual countries was never excluded. The UN Resolution 3261 F 9 December 1974 says:

" Obligations Relating to the establishment of nuclear - weapon - free zones ' may be Assumed not only by groups of states, including Entire continents or large geographical regions, so but by small groups of States and even individual countries. "

" Mandatory Agreements establishing nuclear-free zones can not only by a group of states, including entire continents or large geographical regions are decided, but also by small groups of states and also by individual states. "

The pursuit of Mongolia for international recognition culminated in the UN resolution 53/77 D, in which the UN General Assembly on 4 December 1998 welcomed the project and put it on the plan for the next meeting.

On 28 February 2000, the Mongolian UN officials presented a document in which the Mongolian law is held to prohibit the stationing of nuclear weapons in Mongolia. Thus, the nuclear-free zone Mongolia was officially recognized.