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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, shares a word with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a Mediterranean Summit round table meeting at the Grand Palais in Paris, Sunday July 13, 2008. The Union for the Mediterranean will bring together leaders of 43 nations in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, some of whom have never before sat around a single table. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Forty-three nations, including Israel and Arab states, pledged Sunday to work for a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction at the close of a summit to launch an unprecedented Union for the Mediterranean aimed at securing peace across the restive region.