The Risk of Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East, G.A. res. 50/73, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/73 (1995)



                                              
            50/73. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
 
      The General Assembly,
 
      Bearing in mind the relevant United Nations resolutions,
 
      Taking note of the relevant resolutions adopted by the General
Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of which is
GC(39)/RES/24, adopted on 22 September 1995, and noting the danger of nuclear
proliferation, especially in areas of tension,
 
      Cognizant that the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region of the
Middle East would pose a serious threat to international peace and security,
 
      Aware of the importance that all nuclear facilities in the region be
placed under full-scope safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency,
 
      Recalling the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review
and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons on 11 May 1995, in which the Conference noted with concern
the continued existence in the Middle East of unsafeguarded nuclear
facilities, reaffirmed the importance of the early realization of universal
adherence to the Treaty and called upon all States in the Middle East that had
not yet done so, without exception, to accede to the Treaty as soon as
possible and to place all their nuclear facilities under full-scope
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards,
 
      Recalling also the decision on principles and objectives for nuclear
non-proliferation and disarmament adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension
Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons on 11 May 1995, in which the Conference urged universal adherence to
the Treaty as an urgent priority and called upon all States not yet party to
the Treaty to accede to it at the earliest date, particularly those States
that operate unsafeguarded nuclear facilities,
 
      Encouraged by the recent positive developments in the Middle East peace
process, which would be further strengthened by States of the region
undertaking practical confidence-building measures in order to consolidate the
non-proliferation regime,
 
      1.    Welcomes the accession of the United Arab Emirates on 26 September
1995 to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
 
      2.    Calls upon Israel and all other States of the region that are not
yet party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons not to
develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce
possession of nuclear weapons and to accede to the Treaty at the earliest
date;
 
      3.    Calls upon the States of the region that have not yet done so to
place all unsafeguarded nuclear facilities under full-scope International
Atomic Energy Agency safeguards as an important confidence-building measure
among all States of the region and as a step towards enhancing peace and
security;
 
      4.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution;
 
      5.    Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first
session the item entitled "The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle
East".
      

 

 



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