Egypt presents two draft resolutions to UN committee on nuclear-free Mideast
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 10/27/2001

As part of Egypt's sustained efforts to spare the Middle East the dangers of a non-conventional war, its delegation at the UN presented two draft resolutions to the Disarmament and International Security Committee on the subject.

Egyptian Ambassador to the UN Ahmed Abul Gheit Wednesday night said the first draft pertains to the establishment of a Middle East nuclear-free zone that primarily aims at the elimination of the danger of the spread of nuclear weapons in the region.

The second runs along the same lines of President Hosni Mubarak's initiative of 1990 on the establishment of a nuclear free zone and his call in 1998 to hold an international conference to cleanse the world of all weapons of mass destruction, he added.

The current international conditions necessitate the adoption of actual steps for the establishment of a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, which will promote the security and stability of all states in the region and provide a step towards securing a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, he said.

Meanwhile, Abul Gheit said the repercussion of terrorist attacks against Washington and New York on the Americans would continue for a long time.

Abul Gheit told Al-Ahram that Egypt, raised the idea of holding an international conference on terrorism combat.

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