India Pressed to ratify CTBT

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India, 8 other countries asked to ratify CTBT

UNITED NATIONS: A conference on disarmament today pressed nine countries, including India, which have not yet signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to ratify the agreement to ensure that it can come into force.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who co-chaired today's session, appealed to the nine states which have yet to ratify the pact to do so so the treaty can come into force.

"With their ratification, they will send a message of hope by strengthening the international non-proliferation regime and collective security," he said.

In a statement, the 150 countries which have ratified the CTBT said they reaffirm that the ultimate objective of the efforts of states in the disarmament process is general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.

"We call upon all states which have not yet done so, to sign and ratify the Treaty without delay, in particular, those States whose ratification is needed for entry into force," the statement said.

North Korea, India and Pakistan have not signed the treaty, which bans any nuclear blasts for military or civilian purposes, while six countries, the United States, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, China and Egypt have signed but not ratified the pact.

 

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India says won't sign NPT​

Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, September 24, 2009
First Published: 22:07 IST(24/9/2009)
Last Updated: 22:10 IST(24/9/2009)

India has refused to abide by the UN Security Council resolution asking all non-NPT nations to sign the pact, saying it cannot accept the "externally prescribed norms or standards" on issues that are contrary to its national interests or infringe on its sovereignty."

India maintained that it cannot join the NPT as a non-weapon country even as it reiterated its commitment to no testing and no-first-use besides non-discriminatory universal non-proliferation.

In a letter to UN Security Council President Susan E Rice, India's Permament Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri has said "India cannot accept calls for universalization of the NPT."

The development came as the UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution asking all countries which have not signed the Non Proliferation Treaty to sign the agreement.

Citing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement in Parliament on July 29, Puri said "there is no question of India joining the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state. Nuclear weapons are an integral part of India’s national security and will remain so, pending non-discriminatory and global nuclear disarmament."

He said India "cannot accept externally prescribed norms or standards on matters within the jurisdiction of its Parliament or which are not consistent with India’s constitutional provisions and procedures, or are contrary to India’s national interests or infringe on its sovereignty."

Puri contended India cannot comply with non-proliferation obligations to which it has not provided its consent.

 

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India, 8 other countries asked to ratify CTBT

UNITED NATIONS: A conference on disarmament today pressed nine countries, including India, which have not yet signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to ratify the agreement to ensure that it can come into force.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who co-chaired today's session, appealed to the nine states which have yet to ratify the pact to do so so the treaty can come into force.

"With their ratification, they will send a message of hope by strengthening the international non-proliferation regime and collective security," he said.

In a statement, the 150 countries which have ratified the CTBT said they reaffirm that the ultimate objective of the efforts of states in the disarmament process is general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.

"We call upon all states which have not yet done so, to sign and ratify the Treaty without delay, in particular, those States whose ratification is needed for entry into force," the statement said.

North Korea, India and Pakistan have not signed the treaty, which bans any nuclear blasts for military or civilian purposes, while six countries, the United States, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, China and Egypt have signed but not ratified the pact.

Does this mean Indonesia and Egypt also posses Nuclear Weapons?

 

[HAL_FGFA]

No it does not mean that Indonesia and Egypt have nuclear weapons.

These countries have not ratified and they will ratify after India signs the pact along with Pakistan, N. Korea.

 

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India wants N-power status to sign NPT

By Jawed Naqvi
Friday, 25 Sep, 2009


NEW DELHI: India on Thursday snubbed the UN Security Council’s unanimous resolution on nuclear disarmament, saying it would not sign the NPT unless it is given the status enjoyed by the five legal nuclear powers.

Indian envoy to the UN Hardeep Puri in his letter to his US counterpart Susan E. Rice, who is also the current president of the Security Council, said India could not accept foreign prescriptions on the issue since it would have implications for the country’s sovereign rights as a nuclear power, albeit outside the purview of the NPT.

‘India cannot accept externally prescribed norms or standards on matters within the jurisdiction of its Parliament or which are not consistent with India’s constitutional provisions and procedures, or are contrary to India’s national interests or infringe on its sovereignty,’ Mr Puri said.

‘India cannot comply with non-proliferation obligations to which it has not provided its sovereign consent.’

Mr Puri said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had stated in parliament inJuly this year that there was no question of India joining the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state.

‘Nuclear weapons are an integral part of India’s national security and will remain so, pending non-discriminatory and global nuclear disarmament.’

‘We remain committed to a voluntary, unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing,’ Mr Puri wrote.

‘We do not subscribe to any arms race, including a nuclear arms race. We have always tempered the exercise of our strategic autonomy with a sense of global responsibility. We affirm our policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons.’

Dawn.com

 

[afriend]

Well its a very valid stand. Either complete disarment or proper equity among the member nations.

 

[Spring Onion]

Well its a very valid stand. Either complete disarment or proper equity among the member nations.

What are benefits if India is given N-power status ?? And what is exactly N-power status ??

 

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What are benefits if India is given N-power status ?? And what is exactly N-power status ??

some key articles from NPT:

Article I:[17] Each nuclear-weapons state (NWS) undertakes not to transfer, to any recipient, nuclear weapons, or other nuclear explosive devices, and not to assist any non-nuclear weapon state to manufacture or acquire such weapons or devices.

Article II: Each non-NWS party undertakes not to receive, from any source, nuclear weapons, or other nuclear explosive devices; not to manufacture or acquire such weapons or devices; and not to receive any assistance in their manufacture.
Article III: Each non-NWS party undertakes to conclude an agreement with the IAEA for the application of its safeguards to all nuclear material in all of the state's peaceful nuclear activities and to prevent diversion of such material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.

Article IV: 1. Nothing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as affecting the inalienable right of all the Parties to the Treaty to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination and in conformity with Articles I and II of this Treaty.

2. All the Parties to the Treaty undertake to facilitate, and have the right to participate in, the fullest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technological information for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Parties to the Treaty in a position to do so shall also co-operate in contributing alone or together with other States or international organizations to the further development of the applications of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, especially in the territories of non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the Treaty, with due consideration for the needs of the developing areas of the world.

Article VI. The states undertake to pursue "negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament", and towards a "Treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control".

Article X. Establishes the right to withdraw from the Treaty giving 3 months' notice. It also establishes the duration of the Treaty (25 years before 1995 Extension Initiative).


if u see the bold and red part then u can understand why india is asking for NWS status...

it is not because india did not belive in Non-proliferation but the problem is china have the NWS status....

Now u can understand why..... also why pakistan is waiting for india to sign...

and why pakistan is also asking for NWS status whenever there is talk of giving NWS status to India....

For further reading:Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia