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India, Pakistan, Israel are urged to join Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

UN nuclear conference calls India to join NPT, CTBT, Betwa Sharma, 26 May 2010, United Nations, May 26 (PTI) Breaking the tradition of not naming countries, the first draft of the final document of 2010 Nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty Review conference has asked India, Pakistan and Israel to join NPT and CTBT.”The conference calls upon India, Israel and Pakistan to accede to the treaty as non-nuclear weapon States, promptly and without conditions, thereby accepting an internationally legally binding commitment not to acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices,” the first draft of the document said.”The conference also calls upon India and Pakistan to maintain moratoriums on nuclear testing and calls upon India, Israel and Pakistan to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) without delay and without conditions,” it said. fullstory

May 26, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, politics international | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons