There is a dire need for the Middle East region , which is considered to be one of the tensest regions in the world , to be rid of nuclear weapons , pursuant to the resolution adopted at the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the NPT . We note that all States of the region have acceded to the Non-Proliferation Treaty except Israel , the only country in the region that possesses nuclear weapons and that persists in its refusal to join the Treaty and to subject its nuclear facilities to the safeguards regime of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) .