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The final statement of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference has called for the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

The 28-page document, which was agreed upon on Friday by all 189 NPT signatories after a month-long round of talks at UN Headquarters in New York, called for a conference to be held in 2012 "to be attended by all states of the Middle East, leading to the establishment" of a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

Western diplomats said the United States finally agreed to a deal at the UN that would pressure Israel to join the NPT, Al Jazeera.net reported.

The final statement of the conference emphasized "the importance of Israel's accession to the treaty and the placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards," the Al Jazeera.net report added.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also hailed the outcome of the conference.

Most experts say Israel has a nuclear arsenal of at least 200 nuclear warheads.

The US had initially sought to block the provision calling on Israel to sign the NPT.