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Draft Resolution "Israeli nuclear threat" at the 1986 IAEA GC

Draft Resolution "Israeli nuclear threat" at the 1986 IAEA GC

This draft resolution was first introduced for consideration at the 1986 IAEA General Conference, and was rejected. The resolution calls on Israel to put all nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and calls on the IAEA to monitor Israeli nuclear activities. It also calls for states to refrain from collaborating on nuclear technology with Israel. The resolution emphasises that posession of nuclear facilities without safeguards is detrimental to the establishment of a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. The resolution was co-sponsored by Algeria, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Libya.