which it adopted unanimously and in which it condemned the Israeli act of aggression, fully recognized "the inalienable sovereign right of Iraq and all other States, especially the developing countries, to establish programmes of technological and nuclear development to develop their economy and industry for peaceful purposes in accordance with their present and future needs and consistent with the internationally acccepted objectives of preventing nuclear-weapons proliferation". (Security Council resolution 487 (1981), para. 4) BCT/sm A/S-18/PV. 6 8 (Mr. Al-Zahawie, Iraq) In the same resolution, the Council called upon Israel "to place its nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency". (Ibid., para. 5) For a number of years now, the General Assembly has been adopting resolutions calling for the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East. Iraq and other Arab States have supported and welcomed those resolutions. But Israel, despite the terms of the Security Council resolution to which I have just referred, continues to refuse to accede to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and to place its facilities under international supervision. Given the lack of any progress in the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East as well as the escalation of tension and the arms race in the region, it has become imperative to reaffirm the prohibition of all weapons of mass destruction, including bacteriological, chemical and nuclear weapons, instead of merely prohibiting the proliferation of one form of such weapons and turning a blind eye to all other forms of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons. Iraq again expresses its readiness to see the Middle East transformed into a zone free of weapons of mass destruction. That was stated by the President of Iraq, Saddam Nussein, on 12 April 1990 during a meeting with a delegation of the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations and security, specifically the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. It references resolutions and agreements, and mentions the refusal of Israel to accede to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The text also touches on the idea of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East. Given this focus on international relations and security, it is likely that the text is related to the category of Science and Technology, as it deals with the development and regulation of nuclear technology.

**Category**
Science and Technology