01 May 2000 2000 NPT RevCon final document notes that Israel is the only state in the Middle East outside the treaty Discover more
24 February 2003 - 25 February 2003 League of Arab States and UNIDIR hold a conference in Cairo on “Building a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East” exploring its prospects and the experience of other nuclear-weapon-free zones Discover more
13 May 2003 2003 NPT PrepCom reaffirms the importance of the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East Discover more
29 December 2003 Arab Group draft resolution at the UN Security Council calls on all Middle Eastern states to accede to all arms control and non-proliferation regimes Discover more
01 May 2005 2005 NPT RevCon fails to agree on a consensus document due to disagreement over the ME WMDFZ issue among other issues Discover more
29 June 2005 League of Arab States registers its objection to the Gulf Cooperation Council Gulf WMDFZ initiative Discover more
04 February 2006 IAEA Board of Governors resolution recognizes that a solution to the Iranian issue would contribute to realizing a ME WMDFZ Discover more
18 May 2006 League of Arab States summit expresses deep concern over the failure of the 2005 NPT RevCon Discover more
22 September 2006 Consensus on the “Application of IAEA Safeguards in the Middle East” Resolution is broken in the IAEA Discover more
30 April 2008 Arab Group working paper at the 2008 NPT PrepCom outlines steps to be taken to promote the implementation of the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East Discover more
13 July 2008 Paris Summit for the Mediterranean issues a joint declaration supporting the establishment of a mutually and effectively verifiable ME WMDFZ Discover more
08 May 2009 Russia proposes holding a conference to consider the prospects of implementation of the ME WMDFZ in a statement at the 2009 NPT PrepCom Discover more