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Egypt urges UN: Monitor Israel nuclear program
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: israel nuclear ambiguity 

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has appealed to the United Nations Security Council to put Israel's nuclear program under international supervision and set a timeframe for a nuclear-free Middle East.

In a letter to the 15-member council last week, Aboul Gheit highlighted that Israel has not signed onto the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) adding: "Israel's nuclear capabilities cannot evade world attention."

An Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Aboul Gheit had sent the letter to all 15 members, rather than the five permanent powers, in order to give other states a chance to voice their stance on the issue.
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For the first time in 18 years, Israel, the United States and the Western powers last week were unsuccessful at preventing passage of a resolution calling on Israel to sign the NPT.

The resolution, passed at the end of the annual general assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on Thursday, also demands that Israel open its nuclear reactor in Dimona to international inspectors. Advertisement

The resolution was passed by a majority of 49 countries, among them the members of the Arab League and the bloc of developing nations; against 45 Western countries, including the European Union and the United States, and 16 abstentions.

The non-binding resolution mentions "Israeli nuclear capabilities."

In the past, the United States and other Western countries were able to persuade the developing countries not to join the resolution, thus thwarting its passage.

Another resolution, passed with the agreement of Israel and Egypt, calls for nuclear disarmament in the Middle East, and for dialogue among all nations in the region to this end.

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      1.   neither Hosani Mubarak or the UNGA have any authority 14:54  |  zionist forever 23/09/09
      2.   Good idea-but only 50 years after full Arab Israeli peace 15:04  |  Alan SA 23/09/09
      3.   True friends like Egypt 15:12  |  ILetzter 23/09/09
      4.   # 1 15:48  |  MR C 23/09/09
      5.   to #1 16:03  |  Juge 23/09/09
      6.   #3 16:15  |  Yiftah 23/09/09
      7.   What the UN WON`T do! 16:54  |  A TRUE American 23/09/09
      8.   to#1 16:56  |  NO zionist forever! 23/09/09
      9.   Egypt urges UN: Monitor Israel nuclear program 17:11  |  K 23/09/09
      10.   5 17:20  |  zionist forever 23/09/09
      11.   As long as Israel has nukes others will seek it too. 17:27  |  American 23/09/09
      12.   to #5 17:30  |  Raphael 23/09/09
      13.   if Israel was and is Nuclear, it sure has not flexed muscle. 17:31  |  Big Sur 23/09/09
      14.   #6 17:31  |  Iletzter 23/09/09
      15.   SWEET DREAMS 17:41  |  OZ 23/09/09
      16.   Why should Israel get a pass? 19:17  |  Janice 23/09/09
      17.   Mr. C in London 19:22  |  Eaglebeak 23/09/09
      18.   Again double standards 19:24  |  Marc Amelot 23/09/09
      19.   No one should have nukes 19:24  |  Janice 23/09/09
      20.   American # 11 19:27  |  Eaglebeak 23/09/09
      21.   Egypt Is Correct 19:27  |  Yaakov Sullivan 23/09/09
      22.   #1 and all zionists 19:42  |  bob 23/09/09
      23.   Egypt`s action is illegal under international law 22:48  |  Gee 23/09/09
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