NPT 2 LST

The final document, however, was criticised by several
NAM countries for being weak since many of the Western nations
did not make any concrete pledge to reduce their nuclear
arsenal nor was the timeline of 2025 to get rid of the nuclear
weapons accepted in the draft.
"We are aware that the adopted final document did not
benefit to a great extent from the elements of a plan of
action presented by the Non-Aligned Movement on the total
elimination of nuclear weapons," said Maged Abdelaziz, Egypt's
ambassador to the UN, speaking on behalf of the NAM countries.
"The position taken by certain nuclear weapon states
manifested that they are not ready to refrain from their
previously established undertakings and commitments," noted
Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh.
One of the few concrete steps included in the document
was scheduling a meeting in 2012 to discuss the creation of a
Middle East Nuclear Free Zone. The US took exception to the
fact that Israel had been singled out in the text – a key
demand of the Arab states.
"The Conference recalls the affirmation by the 2000
Review Conference of the importance of Israel's accession to
the Treaty and the placement of all its nuclear facilities
under comprehensive IAEA safeguard," the text said.
American Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security, Ellen Tauscher, noted that the ability
of the US to help with the regional conference had been
"seriously jeopardised because the final document singles out
Israel in the Middle East section, a fact that the United
States deeply regrets." PTI