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The tool covers statements made by the 24 members of the future Zone, namely the 22 member states of the Arab League, Iran, and Israel, as well as the League of Arab States (LAS), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the five Nuclear Weapons States, namely China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 

The tool outlines issues, proposals, and concerns publicly expressed in the relevant multilateral fora by regional states and the Nuclear Weapons States regarding the Zone, mostly since the inception of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction in 2019. 

The Compass can be used by negotiators, officials, decision-makers, international organizations, researchers, and other relevant stakeholders interested in the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. By identifying and outlining statements made by regional and other relevant states over time and in comparison to each other, the tool can be used to understand the evolution of states’ reflections of particular issues, gaps in covering particular topics as well as areas of convergence and divergence, enhancing the understanding of opportunities and challenges towards achieving the Zone. Ultimately, this will contribute to the ongoing efforts to develop practical solutions to tackling obstacles and bridging gaps between diverging views.

The Compass is developed by UNIDIR’s Middle East WMD-Free Zone project with funding by the European Union.

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The main criteria for including documents in the Depository are:

1. Documents important to understanding the history of the ME WMDFZ process; and
2. Documents, annual resolutions, and national statements on the ME WMDFZ process originating from states that will make up the ME WMDFZ, the depositories states/co-conveners, and International Organizations or forums named in any of the resolutions pertaining to the ME WMDFZ.

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The key criteria for including a milestone or document to the timeline are:

1. Milestone or document that affected the course of events; generated new information on the topic; or signified a change in position;
2. Milestone or document originating from states that will make up the ME WMDFZ, the NPT depositories, or International Organizations or forums named in any of the resolutions pertaining to the zone; and
3. Availability of documents to substantiate the event.

The Timeline begins with the first formal multilateral milestone, which took place in 1974, but also includes earlier initiatives from the 1950s and 1960s, which can be accessed by navigating to the earlier years within the Timeline.

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