Proposed by Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, the initiative expanded the concept of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East to include all weapons of mass destruction. The initiative calls on all states of the region to make equal and reciprocal commitments, and to establish verification measures and modalities to ascertain complete compliance by the states in the region

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President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. June 09, 1983