International peace: Pakistan presses nuclear disarmament

Effort to eliminate nuclear weapons must start now: Pakistani delegate


October 23, 2012

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for redoubling efforts to revive a global consensus to ensure the elimination of nuclear weapons “within a specified time frame,” while meeting the security concerns of all states. “We must strive to evolve a rules-based, equitable and non-discriminatory international order that must pursue a comprehensive disarmament agenda,” Pakistani delegate Khalil Hashmi told the General Assembly’s First Committee, which dealt with disarmament and international security matters. The search for security was the main driving force for the acquisition and development of nuclear weapons, he said. Because nuclear arsenals were seen as the ultimate weapons, they were therefore considered the ultimate guarantor of security. Pakistan, he added, recognised that nuclear disarmament would not happen overnight or even in a lifetime, however the effort to eliminate those weapons must start now.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 23rd, 2012.

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