MUSA AS INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE EMIRATE, THE STATEMENT SAID IRAN STILL OCCUPIES THE ISLANDS DESPITE PEACEFUL INITIATIVES PRESENTED BY THE UAE, GCC COUNTRIES AND THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO SOLVE THIS DISPUTE, CITING PROPOSALS OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS OR SENDING THE ISSUE TO THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE TRIBUNAL AND CALLING ON IRAN TO RESPOND TO EITHER OPTION. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE COUNCIL NOTED WITH GREAT CONCERN THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR FILE, CALLING ON IRAN TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) AND TO PROVIDE MORE REASSURANCES AND WARRANTIES FOR A PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF THE ISSUE. THE COUNCIL MEMBER STATES EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE POTENTIALITY OF ANY ACCIDENT THAT WOULD SPARK NUCLEAR LEAK LIKELY TO CAUSE AN IMMENSE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN THE GULF REGION. THE COUNCIL REITERATES ITS CALL FOR MAKING THE MIDDLE EAST A REGION FREE OF ALL KINDS OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS, INCLUDING THE GULF REGION. THE STATEMENT CALLED ON ISRAEL TO JOIN THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TREATY AND PUT ALL ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES AT THE DISPOSAL OF INTERNATIONAL INSPECTORS. --MORE
