League of Arab States establishes a technical committee to draft a ME WMDFZ treaty
In its resolution 5380, the League of Arab States established a high-level committee that included international law and military affairs experts to draft a treaty establishing a WMDFZ in the Middle East, as well as formulate recommendations to be presenting during the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference. The drafting process continued for a decade and the draft was published by Al-Ittihad newspaper in Abu Dhabi.