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IAEA members reject Arab resolution on Israel
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 24 - 09 - 2010


Arab countries failed to win enough backing for a
resolution targeting Israel's widely assumed nuclear weapons
programme, at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) in Vienna on Friday.
Several countries explained after the vote at the annual General
Conference of IAEA member states that they had not supported the text
in order not to threaten the recently restarted peace talks between
Israelis and Palestinians, according to dpa.
"We are not convinced that this resolution would be helpful at
this delicate moment of history," the Singapore delegate said.
Diplomats also said the Arab proposal would have it made it more
difficult to organize a planned 2012 summit on turning the Middle
East into a zone free of weapons of mass destruction.
In 2009, a nearly identical resolution voicing concern about
Israel's nuclear programme and calling on the country to admit IAEA
inspectors passed narrowly with the votes of Arab and many developing
countries.
This year, several developing and emerging countries including
Singapore decided to abstain rather than back the Arab text, helping
Western countries gain a majority.
Israel's delegate welcomed the outcome. "It strengthens those who
are in favour of cooperation and constructive dialogue," he said.
Arab countries did not share this view of the vote and warned
Western countries of the consequences of backing Israel while
pressuring Iran and Syria over their nuclear activities.
"This would lead to a serious arms race and undermine all
international efforts to control nuclear weapons and create a
nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East," Arab IAEA members said
in a joint statement.
Unlike Syria and Iran, Israel has no obligation to let the IAEA
probe its nuclear installations, as it has not signed the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty.
A group of 51 mostly Western countries rejected the resolution. It
had the support of 46 countries, including UN Security Council
members Russia and China.


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