Strategic Assessment
Research Forum | January 1999
On August 11, 1998, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the Israeli government’s decision not to oppose the negotiation of a treaty to ban the production of fissile material (The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty — FMCT) at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva. The decision was prompted by a request made by the Clinton Administration that Israel permit such negotiations to commence. Since the CD operates on the basis of complete consensus, Israel’s consent was necessary.
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