17. Reaffirms the conviction that the establishment of internationally recognized nuclear-weapon-free zones on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among the States of the region concerned enhances global and regional peace and security, strengthens the nuclear non-proliferation regime and contributes towards realizing the objective of nuclear disarmament, and supports proposals for the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones where they do not yet exist, such as in the Middle East and South Asia;
17. 重申坚信，根据有关区域各国自由达成的安排建立得到国际承认的无核武器区，能够增进全球和区域和平与安全，加强核不扩散制度，也有助于实现核裁军的目标，并支持在不存在无核武器区的区域建立无核武器区，例如在中东和南亚；