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Article: India seeks total elimination of nuclear weapons.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- October 17, 2007
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India seeks total elimination of nuclear weapons
Dharam Shourie
United Nations, Oct 17 (PTI) -- Warning against the possibility of terrorists and non-state actors acquiring atomic weapons, India has sought total elimination of nuclear arms backed by a security system in which states do not feel the need to develop, produce or stockpile them.
"India has remained steadfast to the goal of a nuclear weapon-free world, to be achieved through global, verifiable and non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament," its delegate Sushma Swaraj told a UN committee, adding that New Delhi's responsible nuclear doctrine is based on no first use and non-use of nuclear ...