Five world powers urge nuclear-free zone in Middle East

GEO 436 UNITED NATIONS: The UN’’s five permanent Security Council members said Wednesday they were committed to working towards a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Middle East. “We are committed to a full implementation of the 1995 NPT resolution on the Middle East and we support all ongoing efforts to this end,” said the statement to the current Non-Proliferation Treaty review at UN headquarters here. The zone is mentioned in a resolution from the 1995 review conference of the NPT, and the so-called P5 of Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States stated their endorsement of it. They called “for the consideration of the establishment of new zones where appropriate and in conformity with the wishes of regional states.” “We are ready to consider all relevant proposals in the course of the review conference in order to come to an agreed decision aimed at taking concrete steps in this direction,” the statement said. But the permanent Council members” statement did not give a mandate for setting up the zone.

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