Pending and during the establishment of the zone, it urges the countries of the Middle East to refrain from producing, acquiring or in any way possessing nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices, and to also refrain from permitting the stationing of nuclear weapons on their territories by any third party; and to agree to place their nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.
Il leur demande aussi de s'abstenir d'autoriser une tierce partie à stationner des armes nucléaires sur leur territoire; et d'accepter de placer leurs installations nucléaires sous le régime des garanties de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA).