Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011  [on the report of the First Committee (A/66/415)]  66/61.  The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East        The General Assembly,    Bearing in mind its relevant resolutions,    Taking note of the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Conference of  the International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of which is resolution  GC(55)/RES/14, adopted on 23 September 2011,1    Cognizant that the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region of the Middle  East would pose a serious threat to international peace and security,    Mindful of the immediate need for placing all nuclear facilities in the region of  the Middle East under full-scope safeguards of the Agency,    Recalling  the  decision  on  principles  and  objectives  for  nuclear  non-proliferation and disarmament adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension  Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons  on 11 May 1995,2 in which the Conference urged universal adherence to the Treaty3  as an urgent priority and called upon all States not yet parties to the Treaty to accede  to it at the earliest date, particularly those States that operate unsafeguarded nuclear  facilities,    Recognizing with satisfaction that, in the Final Document of the 2000 Review  Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear  Weapons, 4  the Conference undertook to make determined efforts towards the  achievement of the goal of universality of the Treaty, called upon those remaining  States not parties to the Treaty to accede to it, thereby accepting an international  legally binding commitment not to acquire nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive  _______________  1 See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference,  Fifty-fifth Regular Session, 19–23 September 2011 (GC(55)/RES/DEC(2011)).  2 See 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of  Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I) and Corr.2), annex.  3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.  4 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final  Document, vols. I-III (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I-IV)).   A/RES/66/61  2  devices and to accept Agency safeguards on all their nuclear activities, and  underlined the necessity of universal adherence to the Treaty and of strict  compliance by all parties with their obligations under the Treaty,    Recalling the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and  Extension Conference on 11 May 1995,2 in which the Conference noted with  concern the continued existence in the Middle East of unsafeguarded nuclear  facilities, reaffirmed the importance of the early realization of universal adherence  to the Treaty and called upon all States in the Middle East that had not yet done so,  without exception, to accede to the Treaty as soon as possible and to place all their  nuclear facilities under full-scope Agency safeguards,    Noting with satisfaction that, in the Final Document of the 2010 Review  Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear  Weapons,5 the Conference emphasized the importance of a process leading to full  implementation of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East and decided, inter alia,  that the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the co-sponsors of the  1995 resolution, in consultation with the States of the region, would convene a  conference in 2012, to be attended by all States of the Middle East, on the  establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons  of mass destruction, on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at by the States of  the region and with the full support and engagement of the nuclear-weapon States,    Recalling that Israel remains the only State in the Middle East that has not yet  become a party to the Treaty,    Concerned about the threats posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons to  the security and stability of the Middle East region,    Stressing the importance of taking confidence-building measures, in particular  the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, in order to  enhance peace and security in the region and to consolidate the global  non-proliferation regime,    Emphasizing the need for all parties directly concerned to seriously consider  taking the practical and urgent steps required for the implementation of the proposal  to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East in  accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and, as a means of  promoting this objective, inviting the countries concerned to adhere to the Treaty  and, pending the establishment of the zone, to agree to place all their nuclear  activities under Agency safeguards,    Noting that one hundred and eighty-two States have signed the Comprehensive  Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty,6 including a number of States in the region,    1.  Welcomes the conclusions on the Middle East of the 2010 Review  Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear  Weapons;7  _______________  5 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final  Document, vols. I-III (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vols. I-III)).  6 See resolution 50/245.  7 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final  Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and recommendations for follow-on  actions, sect. IV.   A/RES/66/61  3    2.  Reaffirms the importance of Israel’s accession to the Treaty on the  Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons3 and placement of all its nuclear facilities  under comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, in realizing  the goal of universal adherence to the Treaty in the Middle East;    3.  Calls upon that State to accede to the Treaty without further delay, not to  develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce possession  of nuclear weapons and to place all its unsafeguarded nuclear facilities under  full-scope Agency safeguards as an important confidence-building measure among  all States of the region and as a step towards enhancing peace and security;    4.  Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its  sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;    5.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session  the item entitled “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East”.