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At an Oman-hosted NPT side event, Arab diplomats and U.N. officials warned that the long-stalled Middle East WMD-Free Zone remains a central test of the treaty’s credibility and the unfinished 1995 bargain.

At the Arab League Summit in Baghdad, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, condemned both Hamas’ October 7 attacks and Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinians, and warned that the two-state solution is “imperative but more distant than ever.” He urged global support for UNRWA, rejected forced displacement, and stressed regional unity to resolve crises from Yemen to Sudan, Syria, and Libya.