Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 65
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the relevant United Nations resolutions,
Taking note of the relevant resolutions adopted by the
General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency,
the latest of which is GC(XXXVIII)/RES/21 of 23 September 1994,
See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other
Decisions of the General Conference, Thirty-eighth Regular Session,
19-23 September 1994 (GC(XXXVIII)/RES/DEC/(1994)). 95-76057 and
noting the danger of nuclear proliferation, especially in areas
of tension,
Cognizant that the proliferation of nuclear weapons in
the region of the Middle East would pose a serious threat to international
peace and security,
Aware of the importance that all nuclear facilities in
the region be placed under full-scope safeguards of the International
Atomic Energy Agency,
Encouraged by the recent positive developments in the Middle
East peace process, which would be further strengthened by States
of the region undertaking practical confidence-building measures
in order to consolidate the non-proliferation regime,
1. Calls upon Israel and all other States of the region
that are not yet party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No.
10485. not to develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear
weapons, to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and to accede
to the Treaty;
2. Calls upon the States of the region that have not done
so to place all their nuclear facilities under full-scope safeguards
of the International Atomic Energy Agency as an important confidence-building
measure among all States of the region and as a step towards enhancing
peace and security;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General
Assembly at its fiftieth session on the implementation of the
present resolution;
4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fiftieth session an item entitled "The risk of nuclear proliferation
in the Middle East".
90th plenary meeting
15 December 1994