Washington, December 1 (BNA): The Kingdom of Bahrain affirmed the importance of establishing a zone free of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, in implementation of the 1995 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review and Extension Conference. The non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, which would help maintain Regional and international peace and security.
This came during the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, Ambassador Jamal Faris Al-Ruwai’i, at the second session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East. which started on Monday.
Ambassador Jamal Faris Al-Ruwai’i affirmed the Kingdom of Bahrain’s support for efforts aimed at disarming weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery and preventing their spread, as the Kingdom acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Convention on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Banning biological weapons in 1988, and the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1997.
He added that Bahrain is a member of all international agreements in the field of nuclear safety, including the Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. He stressed that the Kingdom has also ratified an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency to implement safeguards within the framework of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its protocol.
He pointed out in this regard that the Kingdom has established the National Committee to Prohibit the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and for the Destruction of Those Weapons, which monitors all activities related to chemicals.
He also stressed the inalienable right of all countries to benefit from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and its many fields of application, and the importance of achieving more interest in the exchange of nuclear knowledge and techniques between industrialized and developing countries alike.
He highlighted the importance of encouraging safe and peaceful uses of atomic energy, with a commitment to applying safeguards to nuclear security and safety, and that all nuclear facilities and programs are subject to comprehensive IAEA safeguards, in line with that. Not to endanger international peace and security.
In this context, he stressed the importance of the future legal instrument that would allow countries to develop nuclear programs of a peaceful nature, thus contributing to the development of the region.
He stressed the necessity of subjecting all nuclear facilities in the region to the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and defining clear mechanisms to verify the extent of states’ commitment, and the procedures that can be resorted to if any state does so. In the region does not cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Ambassador Jamal Fares Al-Rowaie also urged the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a country in the region and a party to the conference, to implement all its international obligations and to cooperate fully before the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency to address all outstanding issues related to its nuclear program in a manner that guarantees its peaceful nature.
He stressed the importance of basing the negotiation process between the states parties on good intentions without preconditions and collective action, overcoming differences and recurring issues, meeting on common points, and building on the course and results of the previous session, as intended. The objective requires the commitment of all states in the region, without exception, to the prohibition of all types of nuclear weapons and the commitment of equal and reciprocal obligations in this regard.
The second session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East witnessed the participation of the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who delivered a speech in which he emphasized the importance of building a safer world. T
The President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Abdullah Shaheed, also addressed the conference where he noted some progress in this context, the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the renewal of the START Treaty between the United States and Russia, and the ongoing talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action .
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