{"id":177196,"date":"2000-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=177196"},"modified":"2021-10-20T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T22:15:07","slug":"auto-insert-177196","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-177196\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East &#8211; First Cttee debate &#8211; Verbatim record (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-top:5.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Official Records<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:5.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>General Assembly<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Fifty-fifth session<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>First Committee<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>6<\/strong>th meeting<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Thursday, 5 October 2000, 3 p.m.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">New York<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>President:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/i>Mr. U Mya Than&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.(Myanmar)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>In the absence of the Chairman, Mr. Guani (Uruguay), Vice-Chairman, took the Chair.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The meeting was called to order at 3.15 p.m.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Agenda item 65 to 81 <\/strong>(<i>continued<\/i>)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>General debate on all disarmament and international security items<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Mr. Westdal <\/strong>(Canada):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>It is true that States in North-East Asia and the Middle East have sought weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. 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