The United States of America (US) blocked the global document, which aims to rid the world of nuclear weapons, after opposition from Israel.
It was expected that the final statement would instruct the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) to convene an international conference on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone by March of the national year, and Israel opposed that deadline.
The US stated that the announcement was not made because the members could not overcome their differences on the prohibition of atomic weapons in the Middle East, the Associated Press reported.
They accused Egypt and other countries of "cynically manipulating" the process of setting a deadline for Israel and its neighbors to meet in a few months to discuss a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region.
Israel, as recalled, is not a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and has never publicly admitted or denied that it possesses such weapons, although it is believed that it is actually the only nuclear power in the Middle East. The conference could force Israel to recognize this.
Given that adoption of the final document requires consensus, the US rejection, backed by Canada and Great Britain, means that the entire plan for global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of such weapons over the next five years is blocked, after four weeks of negotiations at UN headquarters in New York.
The next conference on that agreement is scheduled for 2020.
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