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Statement by the State of Palestine at the 3rd Session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other WMD

Statement by the State of Palestine at the 3rd Session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other WMD

The statement expressed Palestine's support to the conference and the establishment of an ME WMDFZ. It highlighted Israel's boycott of the process and its refusal to disarm and join the NPT and subject its facilities to international inspection. It called on the international community to reject all Israeli justification for its refusal to participate and emphasised that all decisions by the conference are made by consensus.