UN Adopts 2 draft resolutions sponsored by Egypt on ME nuclear armament

United Nations General Assembly adopted two resolutions submitted by Egypt. The first resolution calls upon Israel, being the only Middle East country that didn't yet join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, to join the treaty, and give access to its nuclear installations of the International Agency of Nuclear Energy.

The second resolution was adopted upon unanimous agreement of all countries to President Mubarak's initiative to establish a nuclear-free area in the Middle East, with emphasis on basic UN role in this connection.

Egypt permanent delegate to the UN said that adopting nuclear ban resolution in the Middle East by such an overwhelming majority was a clear message from the international community stressing the necessity of removing the nuclear weapons in the Middle East owned by only one state, namely Israel.