Under-Secretary of State Laajava to the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: "The channel to regional dialogue in the Middle East has been opened"
The UN Secretary-General appointed Laajava as the Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (WMDFZ) facilitator in 2011. The facilitator was assigned to hold consultations about a conference dealing with the establishment of a WMDFZ in the Middle East.