The Risk of Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101 The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

32 versions · 1995–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/67

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/67	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East	1,085	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/74	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East	1,083	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/63	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East	1,085	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/91	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East	1,085	99%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/63	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East	1,085	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

19 reports · 2003–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/130 (Part II)	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/74
2024	A/79/139 (Part II)	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/63
2023	A/78/205 (Part II)	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/91
2022	A/77/153 (Part II)	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/63
2021	A/76/190 (Part II)	The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/84

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Middle East Nuclear Facilities Nuclear Non-Proliferation Nuclear Safeguards Nuclear Weapons

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Recalls the conclusions on the Middle East of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,⁷ and calls for the speedy and full implementation of the commitments contained therein;

⁷2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions, sect. IV.

Stresses that the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty1 is an essential element of the outcome of the 1995 Conference and of the basis on which the Treaty was indefinitely extended without a vote in 1995;

Reiterates that the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty remains valid until its goals and objectives are achieved;

Calls for immediate steps towards the full implementation of that resolution;

Reaffirms the importance of Israel’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons2 and placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, in realizing the goal of universal adherence to the Treaty in the Middle East;

Calls upon that State to accede to the Treaty without further delay, not to develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and to place all its unsafeguarded nuclear facilities under full-scope Agency safeguards as an important confidence-building measure among all States of the region and as a step towards enhancing peace and security;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session the item entitled “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East”.

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