Official Documents – United Nations

UN Security Council Key Resolutions

• UNSCR 1284, 17 December 1999, establishing UNMOVIC and recalling the goal of establishing in the Middle East a zone free from weapons of mass destruction.
• UNSCR 687, 3 April 1991, recognizing the necessity of WMDFZ in the Middle East.

UN General Assembly Resolutions on the Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the region of the Middle East

• 66/25 of 13 December 2011
• 65/42 of 8 December 2010
• 64/26 of 2 December 2009
• 63/38 of 2 December 2008
• 62/18 of 5 December 2007
• 61/56 of 6 December 2006
• 60/52 of 8 December 2005
• 59/63 of 3 December 2004
• 58/34 of 8 December 2003
• 57/55 of 22 November 2002
• 56/21 of 29 November 2001
• 55/30 of 20 November 2000
• 54/51 of 1 December 1999
• 53/74 of 4 December 1998
• 52/34 of 9 December 1997
• 51/41 of 10 December 1996
• 50/66 of 12 December 1995
• 49/71 of 15 December 1994
• 48/71 of 16 December 1993
• 47/48 of 9 December 1992
• 46/30 of 6 December 1991
• 45/52 of 4 December 1990
• 44/108 of 15 December 1989
• 43/65 of 7 December 1988
• 42/28 of 30 November 1987
• 41/48 of 3 December 1986
• 40/82 of 12 December 1985
• 39/54 of 12 December 1984
• 38/64 of 15 December 1983
• 37/75 of 9 December 1982
• 36/87 A and B of 9 December 1981
• 35/147 of 12 December 1980
• 34/77 of 11 December 1979
• 33/64 of 14 December 1978
• 32/82 of 12 December 1977
• 31/71 of 10 December 1976
• 3474 (XXX) of 11 December 1975
• 3263 (XXIX) of 9 December 1974

Other Relevant Documents

• First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
  Vienna, 30 April – 11 May, 2012
• AIEA Fifty-fifth General Conference Report on “Application of IAEA Safeguards in the Middle East”
  2 September 2011
• UN Secretary General Report on “the Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East”
  A/65/121(PART I)/ADD.1, A/65/121(Part II), July 2010
• UN Secretary General Report, on “the Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East”
  A/64/124 (Part I) and A/64/124 (Part II), July 2009
• UN Secretary General Report, on “the Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East”
  A/63/115 (Part I) and A/63/115 (Part I) Add.1 , July 2008
• 2010 NPT Review Conference Final Document, 28 May 2010
• UN Disarmament Commission Report, “Guidelines and principles for the nuclear-weapon-free zones”, 6 May 1999
• 1995 NPT Review Conference Final Document, May 1995
• UN Secretary General Study on “Effective and Verifiable Measures which Would Facilitate the Establishment of a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East”, 10 October 1990
• IAEA Report “Technical Study on Different Modalities of Application of Safeguards in the Middle East”, 29 August 1989

UNIDIR Documents

• “Nuclear-weapon-free zones”
  UNIDIR Disarmament Forum, No. 2, Geneva, 2011
• Regional Initiatives on Nuclear and WMD-Free Zones: Cooperative Approaches to Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
  M. Hamel-Green, UNIDIR, November 2005
• Building Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East, Global Non-Proliferation Regimes and Regional Experiences, V. Cserveny, UNIDIR, December 2004
• “Special Comment”, Nabil Fahmy, UNIDIR Disarmament Forum, Vol.2, April 2001
• “Missile Proliferation in the Middle East: a Regional Perspective”
  Mohammed Kadry Said, UNIDIR Disarmament Forum, Vol. 2, April 2001
• “Promoting Arms Control and regional security in the Middle East”
  Michael D. Yaffe, UNIDIR Disarmament Forum, Vol. 2, April 2001
• Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in the 21st Century
  P. Gasparini Alves & D. Cipollone (ed.), UNIDIR, May 1997
• A Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
  J. Prawitz & J. Leonard, UNIDIR, February 1996