Arab League Threatens Nonproliferation Event Boycott

Arab League Threatens Nonproliferation Event Boycott

Feb. 21, 2013

By Elaine M. Grossman
Global Security Newswire | http://www.nti.rsvp1.com/gsn/article/arab-states-threaten-boycott-nonproliferation-conference/?mgh=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nti.org&mgf=1

  Arab League ministers meet in Cairo in September 2012. Egypt and other member states of the 22-nation organization have threatened to boycott upcoming Nonproliferation Treaty events if they do not see progress in convening a conference on a WMD-free Middle East (AP Photo/Amr Nabil). 

 

"Israel is believed to be the region’s only nuclear-armed power, with an estimated stockpile of 80 or more weapons."