Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Region of the Middle East

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 45Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East, published in 1983.

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52 versions · 1975–2025

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4 topics

Middle East Nuclear Safeguards Nuclear Weapons Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

Urges all parties directly concerned to c?nsider se riously taking the practical and urgent steps required for the implementation of the proposal to establish a nuclear-weapon free zone in the region of the Middle East in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and, as a means of promoting this objective, invites the countries

concerned to adhere to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;22 2.

Calls upon all countries of the region that have not done so, pending the establishment of the zone, to agree Ņo place all their nuclear activities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards;

Invites those countries, pending the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East, to declare their support for establishing such a zone, con sistent with the relevant paragraph of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, and to deposit those declarations with the Security Council;

Invites further those countries, pending the estab lishment of the zone, not to develop, produce, test or oth erwise acquire nuclear weapons or permit the stationing on their territories, or territories under their control, of nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices;

Invites the nuclear-weapon States and all other States to render their assistance in the establishment of the zone and at the same time to refrain from any action that runs counter to both the letter and spirit of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to report t? the Gen eral Assembly at its thirty-eighth session on the implemen tation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session the item entitled "Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East''.

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