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US expresses regret on failure to get consensus in Nuclear Non-Proliferation TreatyThe US expressed deep regret that states party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) failed to reach a consensus on a final documen...
Conference at UN to review nuclear nonproliferation treaty fails to reach agreementA United Nations conference reviewing the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty concluded without agreement due to a dispute between the United S...
Nuclear world war 3 happening soon? Why is UN panel fearing the worst?nine nuclear-armed states -- Russia, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea -- poss...
Japan won't join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrenceJapan has decided not to attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, citing national security reasons and the importanc...
China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treatyDirector general of the department, Sun Xiaobo, called on nuclear states to fulfil their "special and priority responsibilities" on nuclear...
U.S. warns Moscow, Minsk against deploying nuclear arms in BelarusThe new constitution could see nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil for the first time since the country gave them up after the 1991 break-up...
Deeply concerned over proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems: India at UNIndia supports the full and effective implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and emphasises the strengthening of the OPCW to ful...
India believes goal of nuclear disarmament can be achieved through step-by-step process: Harsh Vardhan ShringlaShringla said India is committed to the goal of universal, non-discriminatory, and verifiable nuclear disarmament, leading to the complete ...
'Neglected danger': Nukes not in forefront in speeches at UNThe U.N. was founded in the wake of World War II. Over 2,000 nuclear tests were reported worldwide from 1945 to 1996.
United States says China is resisting nuclear arms talks"Despite the PRC's dramatic build-up of its nuclear arsenal, unfortunately it continues to resist discussing nuclear risk reduction bilater...
Nuclear disarmament can be achieved through agreed multilateral framework: Foreign Secy Harsh Vardhan Shringla"We believe that nuclear disarmament can be achieved through a step-by-step process underwritten by a universal commitment and an agreed mu...
UN adopts global treaty banning nuclear weapons; India skips talksA substantive session was held in March this year to negotiate the legally binding instrument aimed at prohibiting nuclear weapons.
India not participating in UN talks on nuclear weapons banMore than 120 nations in October last year voted on a UN General Assembly resolution to convene the conference to negotiate a legally bindi...
Narrow national interests obstructing disarmament work: IndiaIndia also observed that the recent missile tests conducted by North Korea has added to the complexities of disarmament and non-proliferati...
Need to build trust, confidence among nuke weapon states: IndiaCondemning a series of nuclear and missile tests by North Korea, the UN chief said Pyongyang's "provocative" actions have heightened tensio...
Committed to non-discriminatory, verifiable nuclear disarmament: IndiaThe treaty, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament, was adopted last week at the UN in New York.
India abstains from voting on nuclear weapons ban at UNA UN General Assembly committee has decided to convene a United Nations conference in 2017 to negotiate a legally binding instrument to pro...
India warns international community of WMDs proliferation risksAs a victim of terrorism, India is fully cognizant of the catastrophic dangers that transfers of WMDs to terrorists and non-state actors co...
- India committed to nuclear disarmament
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that India is committed to non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament.
- Ban for re-examination of global security regime
Making it clear that "setbacks" in the field of disarmament are "unacceptable", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has suggested a re-examina...