Posted on 05/05/2010 11:48:04 AM PDT by honestabe010
The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China on Wednesday voiced support for making the Middle East a nuclear-arms-free zone, which would mean Israel would have to scrap any atomic bombs in its possession.
"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," the five permanent UN Security Council members said in a unanimous statement issued at a conference taking stock of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The 1995 resolution adopted by signatories of the landmark arms control treaty called for making the Middle East a zone without nuclear arms.
Israel, which is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, is the only country in the Middle East not to have signed the treaty and, along with India and Pakistan, one of only three countries worldwide outside the agreement. Iran, though a signatory, is accused by the West of flouting treaty requirements to disclose its nuclear activities.
"This conference represents a pivotal turning point in the history of the treaty, and an opportunity that may be the last and that must be seized," Egyptian UN Ambassador Maged A. Abdelaziz told delegates Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Arab countries sought to turn attention to Israel as delegates from 189 countries debated how to stem the spread of nuclear weapons.
The Middle East would join five other nuclear-free regions - Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the South Pacific and Latin America - covering some 116 countries that have outlawed the presence of atomic arms in their areas.
The U.S. and Israel are discussing what such practical measures might be, said a Western diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity about other countries' contacts.
Russia's deputy foreign minister, meanwhile, said Moscow is partnering with Washington on a draft plan.
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Screw that!
Were it not for her enemies, Israel would have always been peaceful.
On top of that, all her enemies are liars!
That'll work just dandy!
Obama wants Israel gone.
And since the UN is so good at enforcing their resolutions, if I were Israel, I’d be laughing my way to the uranium mines!
Resolve THIS, UN! Or, to put it a better away, “Go away, UN. You have no power here.”
In “cleansing” the mideast of the only democracy, “the free industrialized west” follows.
This includes you and me.
The UN? Another global voice for Islam.
Of course no one will mention that the P5 ALL have ICBMs and planes which can easily reach the middle east. The Middle East won’t be nuke-free until all the P5 disarm and that will never happen.
This is just a way for their big boys to keep their monopoly
Good idea. Dump a hundred warheads on each muslim country, a hundred on Brussels and a hundred on DC. Spring cleaning.
I agree. Obama, Susan Rice and Samantha Powers hate Jews and want Israel destroyed.
Sure...BeBe will go for that...right.
This will affect the Jewish vote in America.
It will go from 87% democrat (actual number from last big election) to 86.9%.
Maybe.
And a way for Obama, the Muslim, to disarm Israel!
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