Statement by Mauritania at the 4th session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other WMD

Statement by Mauritania at the 4th session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other WMD

The statement raises the alarm about the Israeli statements calling for the use of nuclear weapons in Gaza. The statement calls upon the international community and nuclear-weapons-states to pressure Israel to join the NPT and the Zone conference. The statement revisits the motivation behind the UNGA-mandated track and frames the zone as a strategic choice and national security issue. The statement reaffirms Mauritania’s support for the proposed change to the conference’s working methodology to nominate the incoming President at the end of the preceding session.