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1980s
12 DECEMBER 198009 JUNE 1981

Resolution on the “Establishment of a Nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East” is adopted without a vote at the UN General Assembly

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09 JUNE 1981

Israel calls for holding a conference to discuss the modalities of negotiating a multilateral treaty establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East.

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05 OCTOBER 1987

IAEA resolution on the “Israeli nuclear capabilities and threat” is adopted for the first time

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07 DECEMBER 1988

UN General Assembly resolution requests that the UN Secretary-General undertake a study on effective and verifiable measures to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East

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29 AUGUST 1989

IAEA issues a “Technical Study on Different Modalities of Application of Safeguards in the Middle East”

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