Zone of Application
Zone of Application, Art. 4
The Treaty of Tlatelolco, in its Article 4, establishes that its Zone of Application is the sum of the territories for which said instrument is in force.
Additionally, it specifies that:
Upon compliance with the conditions provided for in Article 29, paragraph 1, the Zone of application of the present Treaty shall also be that located in the Western Hemisphere within the following limits (except the part of the continental territory and territorial waters of the United States of America). America): beginning at a point located at 35º north latitude and 75º west longitude; thence directly south to a point at 30º north latitude and 75º west longitude; thence directly east to a point at 30º north latitude and 50º west longitude; thence by a rhumb line to a point at 5º north latitude and 20º west longitude; thence directly south to a point at 60º south latitude and 20º west longitude; thence directly west to a point at 60° south latitude and 115° west longitude; thence directly north to a point at 0° latitude and 115° west longitude; thence by a rhumb line to a point at 35º north latitude and 150º west longitude; thence directly east to a point at 35º north latitude and 75º west longitude.
The Zone of Application defined by the Treaty of Tlatelolco covers an area greater than 20 million square kilometers. It includes high seas areas, defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the national territory of the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean where more than 600 million people live. The Treaty of Tlatelolco does not extend or claim sovereignty over said high seas areas to the States Parties, it establishes them as free of nuclear weapons in accordance with Additional Protocol II of the Treaty.