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| By Samudranil Mukherjee |
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 (12:35:12) |
| Tags : 2010 Nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, India, Israel, Pakistan, CTBT, NPT |
Join CTBT and NPT - UN to India and Pakistan |
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| United Nations, May 26: The initial draft of the finalised version of the 2010 Nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty Review conference has instructed India, Israel and Pakistan to become a part of the CTBT and the NPT. This is a significant break from a traditional stance of not naming countries in such contexts or reports.
The draft has stated that India, Pakistan and Israel should become a part of the above mentioned treaties that binds them legally and is supposed to act as a deterrent in acquisition and increase of nuclear warheads and like arsenal. This report has also mentioned that these countries should sign these agreements without any conditions whatsoever.
The UN report has also stressed that all these countries should be obeying the various nuclear understandings that the global community arrives on. The NPT review is held at intervals of five years and is supposed to gauge the progress made in the treaty that was signed in 1970 as a method to gradually get rid the world of nuclear weapons.
The NPT review for 2010 has kicked off on 3rd May and is supposed to be completed 25 days later. India, Israel and Pakistan are not signatories to the said treaty and do not participate in the meetings, the last of which ended up being a failure.
A certain section of the western diplomats, as per unidentified sources, have understood India and Pakistan would not be ceding to the request and are intent on devising other ways to induct them into the non proliferation regime with the names being removed so as to reach an agreement of some sorts.
Experts have however stated that when the final print of the document is readied things would be toned down through the issuance of a global appeal for nuclear non-proliferation. Officials also opine that if Israel is named the UN plan of creating a Middle East zone free of nuclear weaponry may not be realized as it may refuse compliance. |
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