The Arab Group refrained from submitting a draft resolution on “Israeli nuclear capabilities” at the 2011 IAEA General Conference. The LAS stated it was “a demonstration of its goodwill and because the submission of such a draft resolution might be used as a pretext for delay” of the 2012 ME WMDFZ conference. Additionally, the decision was made as part of an understanding reached in connection with the convening of the IAEA forum on “Experience of Possible Relevance to the Creation of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East”. The draft resolution had been adopted in 2009 but was rejected in 2010.

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IAEA 55th General Conference, Vienna, Austria. September 19, 2011