Nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East – First Cttee debate – Verbatim record (excerpts)

Official Records

General Assembly

Fiftieth session

First Committee

3rd meeting

Monday, 16 October 1995, 10 a.m.

New York

Chairman: Mr. Erdenechuluun ……………………….. (Mongolia)

The meeting was called to order at 10.15 a.m.

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Agenda items 57 to 85

General debate on all disarmament and international security items

Mr. de Icaza (Mexico) (interpretation from Spanish): …

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In the meantime, we must promote the establishment of new nuclear-weapon-free zones, in addition to the ones in the South Pacific and Africa, as an important means of nuclear disarmament. We should recall that the Review and Extension Conference on the NPT supported the establishment in the Middle East of a nuclear-weapon-free zone and of a zone free of other weapons of mass destruction. In addition, there is a long list of areas whose members have expressed support for, and worked towards, the creation of nuclear-weapon-free zones and zones of peace — free from weapons of mass destruction.

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Mr. Martínez Morcillo (Spain) (interpretation from Spanish): …

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Lastly, we must not fail to mention the project for the creation of a zone free from weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, which is in accordance with the decision adopted at the Extension Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The European Union considers that this issue should be the object of a well-balanced approach within the First Committee.

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The meeting rose at 1 p.m.