The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has stressed the importance of intensifying international efforts, especially by countries that bear a special responsibility in maintaining international peace and security to enhance the universality of the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. This came in the Kingdom's speech delivered before the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by Saudi Ambassador to Austria Prince Mansour Bin Khalid Al-Saud, who is also the Saudi Permanent Representative to the IAEA in vienna. The Kingdom also supported the establishment of a zone free of nuclear weapons in the middle east to achieve a world of cooperation, peace and security.