The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East
Canada has long supported the universalization of the Treaty on
the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and in this connection,
has called on India, Israel and Pakistan to accede to and abide
by this treaty. Canada supports the Final Document of the 2000 Review
Conference of the Parties to the NPT, which called on all States
not yet party to the Treaty to accede to the Treaty as non-nuclear-weapons
states. However, in our view, the resolution, in its operational
paragraphs, fails to deal with our concerns respecting compliance
with the NPT. Canada maintained its abstention on this resolution
because, like last year’s text, it fails to deal appropriately
with both adherence to and full compliance with the NPT.
