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Russian draft resolution "Application of IAEA safeguards in the Middle East"

Russian draft resolution "Application of IAEA safeguards in the Middle East"

The Russian draft resolution, submitted at the 56th IAEA GC, included language that acknowledged and strongly supported the planned 2012 Helsinki conference and aimed to use the GC "as a forum to give a positive impetus" to the preparations and work of that conference by asking all the Middle Eastern member states to commit to attending it. Due to lack of support, Russia withdrew the draft resolution.