The People’s Republic of China, France, The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America;
Welcoming the declaration by Mongolia in 1992 of its nuclear-weapon-free status, and passage of the Law of Mongolia on its Nuclear-Weapon-Free status, which entered into force on February 3, 2000;
Taking into account that the negative security assurances were given to Mongolia, as a non-nuclear weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), by the People’s Republic of China, France, The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America in their respective unilateral declarations issued on April 5 and 6, 1995, and referred to in the Security Council Resolution 984 (1995) of April 11, 1995, or as subsequently updated;
Recalling the statement concerning security assurances for Mongolia as regards nuclear weapons issued on October 5, 2000, by the People’s Republic of China, France, The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America;
Taking into account Mongolia’s status as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, as well as its unique geographic status;
Welcoming Mongolia’s policy of developing peaceful, friendly and mutually beneficial relations with other States;
Welcoming Mongolia’s Declaration Regarding Its Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status of 17 September 2012;
Noting that the following declaration constitutes a political commitment only and does not create by itself any legal obligations;
Declare as follows:
1. The People’s Republic of China, France, The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America reaffirm to Mongolia their intent to cooperate on the implementation of General Assembly Resolution 53/77D of December 4, 1998, with respect to Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
2. The People’s Republic of China, France, The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America reaffirm their intent to seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to Mongolia, as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in accordance with the provisions of Security Council resolution 984 (1995) of April 11, 1995, if Mongolia should become victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used.
3. The People’s Republic of China, France, The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America reaffirm, in the case of declarations issued on April 5 and 6, 1995 and referred to in Security Council Resolution 984 (1995) of April 11, 1995, or as subsequently updated
4. The People’s Republic of China and The Russian Federation recall and reconfirm the legally binding commitments undertaken by them with respects to Mongolia through the conclusion of bilateral treaties with Mongolia regarding these matters.
5. The People’s Republic of China, France, The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America affirm their intent, as long as Mongolia maintains its nuclear-weapon-free status and not to contribute to any act that would violate it.
H.E. Mr. Li Baodong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Gerard Araud, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Vitaly I. Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
H.E. Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom if Great Britain and the Northern Ireland to the United Nations
H.E. Ms. Susan E. Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
17 September 2012, New York