UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the perpetrators of the Camel weapons attack should be identified and held accountable.
According to Arab News, he made the statement on Monday at the beginning of the second session of the conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.Nuclear non-proliferation zones currently cover 60% of UN member states, including Latin America, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, Africa and Central Asia.
Antonio Guterres said the expansion of these zones would further strengthen disarmament and non-proliferation plans.
This is especially true in the Middle East, where concerns remain over nuclear programs and where conflicts and civil wars continue to cause civilian casualties. It is undermining stability and disrupting economic and social development. "
He urged all countries in the region to refrain from escalating conflicts.
The second session of the annual conference came after a one-year delay due to the corona virus. It was chaired by Mansour Al-Otaibi, Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
The first session of the conference was held in 2019, after which the presidency of the conference was handed over to Kuwait after Jordan.
Under a General Assembly resolution, the conference aims to "define a legally binding agreement" to establish a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
This should be done on the basis of the arrangements made between the countries of the region.
Antonio Guterres called on "all parties" to work together to secure the 2015 agreement reached between the world powers and Iran. Under the agreement, Tehran has vowed to suspend its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon in exchange for lifting international sanctions on Iran.
Former US President Donald Trump removed the US name from the deal in 2018.
However, the sixth round of talks to restore the agreement began in Vienna on Monday.
