The US, UK and Canada have blocked the establishment of a nuclear-weapons free zone in the Middle East, thanks to their votes at the UN Conference on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
Washington has blocked the final document of a UN conference that reviewed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, accusing Egypt of manipulating the gathering to target Israel. Moscow has slammed the US for rendering the four-week meeting futile.The 9th international conference was held in New York from April 27 until May 22. A total of 162 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) participant states were in attendance. These conferences are held every five years to assess the worldwide disarmament process.
The blocked document included a plan to establish a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East. To do this, Egypt, who first proposed such a zone in 1980, suggested a regional UN conference on banning weapons of mass destruction. The gathering would have no pre-determined agenda and would go ahead with or without the presence of Israel.
Russian Foreign Ministry: "We regretfully acknowledge that because of the positions of the US, Britain and Canada, we could not adopt the final document which included provisions on fulfilling the 1995 resolution on creating a Middle East zone free of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction."
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Way to go, Canada! Making the world save for Israeli nuclear weapons and a future Armageddon! And still more obsequious boot-licking of the master in Washington! Win win all around!
US, UK and Canada block nuclear disarmament, oppose NWFZ in Middle East.