A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/49/78 11 January 1995 Forty-ninth session Agenda item 65 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the First Committee (A/49/702)] 49/78. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the relevant United Nations resolutions, Taking note of the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of which is GC(XXXVIII)/RES/21 of 23 September 1994, 1/ and noting the danger of nuclear proliferation, especially in areas of tension, Cognizant that the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region of the Middle East would pose a serious threat to international peace and security, Aware of the importance that all nuclear facilities in the region be placed under full-scope safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Encouraged by the recent positive developments in the Middle East peace process, which would be further strengthened by States of the region undertaking practical confidence-building measures in order to consolidate the non-proliferation regime, 1/ See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference, Thirty-eighth Regular Session, 19-23 September 1994 (GC(XXXVIII)/RES/DEC/(1994)). 95-76057 /...