The United Arab Emirates (UAE) follows a clear national policy embodied in its accession to the Non-proliferation Treaty in 1995 and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 2000, and its continued political commitment to support all multilateral diplomatic efforts aimed at building confidence in areas of disarmament and non-proliferation with a view to enhancing the universality of all treaties on the non-proliferation of all types of weapons of mass destruction. Similarly it wishes to express its concern over the insistence of some parties on promoting nuclear deterrence policies and other policies for developing weapons of mass destruction. "The UAE will continue to take more concrete steps towards developing a model program for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy to meet its growing energy requirements in the future, under the safeguards and supervision of the IAEA, and based on the highest standards of transparency, nuclear safety and non-proliferation", said Ahmed Al-Jarman, Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in a statement before the General Debate of the First Committee on "Disarmament and International Security" 65th Session of the General Assembly, according to a report of the UAE news agency "WAM."
