Almotamar.net - The Disarmament Body of the UN opened its annual meetings last Monday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

In his opening speech to the conference that continues to 27 of this month the UN Secretary General expressed his concern over the limited progress achieved in the field of facing weapons of mass destruction proliferation and increased mobilization of traditional weapons, indicating they were disappointing.

The UN SG added that the international situation was unacceptable and requires to be treated through renewing international interest and common understanding and cooperation in this regard.


In the meantime the Yemeni government delegate to the UN Akram Mohammed al-Qassem delivered his speech at the annual meeting of the UN Disarmament Body by stressing the importance that the Middle East region should be free from weapons of mass destruction in general and nuclear weapons in particular. He affirmed that would not be realized unless all countries abided by the nuclear non-proliferation treaty without exception, including Israel. He also said there must be total abandonment of nuclear armament progammes and subjugating them to the international non-proliferation system as well as signing agreements of safety and the additional protocol with the international agency for nuclear energy.

The Yemeni embassy in Washington told almotamar.net that al-Qassem broached in his address the right of peoples to the peaceful use of the nuclear technology for the happiness and prosperity of peoples including the assistance of developing countries in various aspects of peaceful uses of the nuclear energy.

The Yemeni delegate concluded his speech with indicating the importance of transparency, credibility and impartiality in meetings of this conference in a way not contradicting rules of the international law and provisions of the UN Charter. Especially the article 5 related to the basic right to self-defence individually or collectively as well as the right of peoples to resisting occupation and the self-determination and non-interference in others internal affairs.