153 UN states call on Israel to ‘renounce possession of nuclear weapons’

12/08/2020 Ethiopia, World



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Israel was asked “not to develop, produce, test or acquire nuclear weapons.”

The UNGA further called on Israel to “renounce the possession of nuclear weapons and place all of its unsafe-guarded nuclear facilities under full Agency safeguards as an important confidence-building measure among all States in the region and as a step towards improving peace and security. “

Israel is presumed to be one of the nine nuclear powers in the world, but has never admitted possession of nuclear weapons. There are eight countries recognized as nuclear powers, five of which have signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The five signatories are: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Three other countries that are not signatories to the treaty have admitted to having tested and possessed nuclear weapons; these are India, North Korea and Pakistan.

Overall, 191 countries are party to the treaty, including Iran, but not Israel.

On Monday in New York, 153 countries exclusively asked Israel to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty and renounce its weapons in the resolution entitled “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.” The resolution was part of a large package of resolutions that the United Nations General Assembly in New York passed calling for nuclear disarmament globally and in the region. It is also part of a package of about 20 annual UNGA resolutions deemed anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian. The Palestinian Authority was one of the sponsors of this non-proliferation resolution, as were Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

The six countries that opposed the resolution were: Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau and the United States.

The countries that abstained were: Albania, Australia, Belgium, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom.

Last year the same resolution 152-6 was passed, with 24 abstentions.

Israel won the support of Croatia, which went from a “yes” vote last year to abstaining.

Separately, the UNGA voted 174-2, with one abstention, on a resolution calling for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East. Only Israel and the United States objected, and Cameroon abstained.



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