Arab League Summit – March 2010

The Arab League Summit in Sirte, Libya at the end of March 2010:

  • "reaffirmed that all Arab countries that are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) demand the international community to undertake immediate actions to free the world from nuclear weapons.”
  • stressed the need “to translate international initiatives aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons from the world into concrete, binding and time-tabled programmes”.
  • underscored that progress towards achieving this goal “requires, as a first step, the ‘universalisation’ of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty”.
  • reaffirmed “the importance of respecting the rights of NPT member states to possess and develop nuclear technologies for peaceful use, rejecting any restrictions to these rights under any argument”.
  • demanded that the NPT review conference “adopt clear decisions and build up practical measures to make the Middle East a nuclear-free region”.
  • warned that “Israel insistence on refusing to join non-proliferation treaty and submitting its nuclear facilities to the full guarantees system of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will lead the region to an arms race of dramatic consequences”.

 

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