Resolution 60/92
(December 8, 2005)
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind its
relevant resolutions,
Taking note of the relevant
resolutions adopted by the General Conference of the
International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of
which is resolution GC(49)/RES/15 adopted on 30 September
2005,1
Cognizant that the proliferation
of nuclear weapons in the region of the Middle East
would pose a serious threat to international peace
and security,
Mindful of the immediate
need for placing all nuclear facilities in the region
of the Middle East under full-scope safeguards of
the Agency,
Recalling 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 1995,2 in
which the Conference urged universal adherence to
the Treaty3 as an urgent priority and called upon all States not
yet parties to the Treaty to accede to it at the earliest
date, particularly those States that operate unsafeguarded
nuclear facilities,
Recognizing with satisfaction
that, in the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, the Conference undertook to make
determined efforts towards the achievement of the goal
of universality of the Treaty, called upon those remaining
States not parties to the Treaty to accede to it, thereby
accepting an international legally binding commitment
not to acquire nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive
devices and to accept Agency safeguards on all their
nuclear activities, and underlined the necessity of
universal adherence to the Treaty and of strict compliance
by all parties with their obligations under the Treaty,4
Recalling the resolution
on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and
Extension Conference 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 Agency safeguards,
Noting that Israel remains
the only State in the Middle East that has not yet
become party to the Treaty,
Concerned about the threats posed
by the proliferation of nuclear weapons to the security
and stability of the Middle East region,
Stressing the importance
of taking confidence-building measures, in particular
the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in
the Middle East, in order to enhance peace and security
in the region and to consolidate the global non-proliferation
regime,
Emphasizing the need for all
parties directly concerned to consider seriously 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, inviting the
countries concerned to adhere to the Treaty and, pending
the establishment of the zone, to agree to place all
their nuclear activities under Agency safeguards,
Noting that one hundred and
seventy-six States have signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty,5 including a number of States in
the region,
1. Welcomes the conclusions
on the Middle East of the 2000 Review Conference of
the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons;6
2. Reaffirms the importance
of Israel's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons and placement of all its nuclear
facilities under comprehensive International Atomic
Energy Agency safeguards, in realizing the goal of universal
adherence to the Treaty in the Middle East;
3. Calls upon that State to
accede to the Treaty without further delay and not to
develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear
weapons, and to renounce possession of nuclear weapons,
and to place all its unsafeguarded nuclear facilities
under full-scope 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 sixty-first
session on the implementation of the present resolution;
5. Decides to include in the
provisional agenda of its sixty-first session the item
entitled "The risk of nuclear proliferation in
the Middle East".
62nd plenary meeting
8 December 2005
Notes
1See International
Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other
Decisions of the General Conference, Forty-ninth
Regular Session, 26-30 September 2005 (GC(49)/RES/DEC(2005)).
2See1995 Review and Extension
Conference of the Parties to the Treaty
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32
(Part I) and Corr.2), annex.
3United Nations, Treaty
Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.
4See 2000 Review Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol.
I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part
I, section entitled "Article
IX".
5See resolution 50/245.
6See 2000 Review Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol.
I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part
I, section entitled "Article
VII and the security of non-nuclear-weapon
States",
para. 16.
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