Egypt condemned on Monday what it called an “unjustified” delay in the implementation of the Resolution on the Middle East of the Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1995.
Egypt’s permanent representative at the United Nations Alaa Youssef told that the delay in the implementation of the resolution erodes the credibility of the NPT.
He made his remarks during the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons meeting in Geneva.
“We must ensure that this issue receives commitment to guarantee a meaningful and successful outcome of the 2020 NPT Review Conference,” continued Youssef.
“The 2020 Review Conference should therefore adopt clear modalities and practical steps on launching negotiations aimed at the prompt implementation of the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East,” he stressed.
The conference will conclude on Friday.
“Egypt stresses the urgency and importance of the early realization of universal adherence to the NPT. We call on all states, in particular in the Middle East, that had not yet done so to accede to the Treaty as non-nuclear weapons states so as to achieve its universality at an early date,” Youssef urged.
He therefore call in this regard Israel to join the Treaty seeing as it is the only Middle East country not to do so yet. He also charged that it was operating nuclear facilities outside of the International Energy Agency safeguards.
Israel has never officially acknowledged that it possesses nuclear weapons despite international reports that indicate it has such arms.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
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