We must do it with partners such as the OIC and other international, regional organizations and arrangements whose experience and knowledge complement the resources and legitimacy of the United Nations. The United Nations, in spirit and in reality, is committed to that vision. A vision of a world of concert. A world where tolerance and mutual respect among and within all nations is the basis for global progres. The summit, which drew 28 heads of state, prime ministers and crown princes, served as a forum for Iran to forge ties with countries long wary of its 1979 Islamic revolution.
Turkey is the only Muslim nation to have concluded such agreements.
It also called on Israel to sign the non proliferation treaty. The vote comes after President Bill Clinton's new guidelines for targeting US new nuclear weapons leaked to the Washington Post and the New York Times over the weekend reflect the decline of Russia as a threat and the rise of China and non aligned nations such as Iraq in the US strategic crosshairs. It sought a phased programme of progressive and balanced deep reductions of nuclear weapons, and effective nuclear disarmament measures with a view to the total elimination of those weapons within a time-bound framework. It also called on the nuclear-weapon States to pursue systematic and progressive efforts to reduce nuclear weapons globally, with the ultimate goal of eliminating them. It adopted that text by a vote of 156 in favour to none against, with 10 abstentions.