U.N. Body Urges Israel To Allow Nuclear Inspections -- Reuters

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U.N. Body Urges Israel To Allow Nuclear Inspections -- Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE58H3QW20090918

IENNA (Reuters) - Arab states in the U.N. nuclear assembly on Friday won narrow approval of a resolution urging Israel to put all its atomic sites under U.N. inspection and join the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The Jewish state deplored the measure for singling it out while many of its Islamic neighbors remained hostile to its existence, and said it would not cooperate with it.

The non-binding resolution, which passed for the first time in 18 years of attempts thanks to more developing nation votes, voiced concern about "Israeli nuclear capabilities" and urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to tackle the issue.

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