Monday, December 3, 2012

UN General Assembly calls on Israel to open nuclear facilities

The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to immediately open its nuclear program for inspection.


The resolution, approved Monday by a vote of 174 to 6 with 6 abstentions, also demands that Israel join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty “without further delay,” and back a recently canceled conference to ban nuclear weapons from the Middle East.

Major Arab nations and Iran had planned to attend the mid-December conference in Helsinki, Finland, but the US announced on November 23 that the summit was canceled, the AP said.

Tehran and several Arab nations claimed that the event was shelved because Israel refused to attend.

RT

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