The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has emphasized its full commitment to the principles of disarmament set by the international community. Addressing a session of United Nations Disarmament Commission on Tuesday, the Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Khalid bin Abdulrazzaq Al-Nafisi, said that the Kingdom has joined a number of major conventions and treaties in the field of disarmament and it has been one among the first signatories to the Convention of Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons, Convention of Prohibition of Use of Biological Weapons, Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with International Atomic Energy Agency and Protocol of Small Quantities. He pointed out that turning a blind eye for decades on Israeli nuclear program which is continuing in the production of weapons of mass destruction, constitutes a mistake in stimulating some countries to move forward in developing their nuclear capabilities on the pretext of double-standards to justify their non-compliance with the resolutions of international legitimacy in this area. --MORE
