Warning that the threat posed by the linkage between proliferation and terrorism was “very real”, India has sought intensified efforts by the world community to address it and offered to bring proposals at the UN for “general and complete disarmament”.

Addressing the UN General Assembly here on Monday, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the steps to make the world free of nuclear weapons have made “limited headway” and India is ready to work with the international community to develop a “new consensus” on non-proliferation.

He told the 192-member organisation that there was a need for having “zero tolerance” towards all forms of terrorism.

The steps to achieve the complete elimination of nuclear weapons had only made “limited headway”, Mukherjee said, adding, despite “some progress, the world remains far from achieving the objective of total elimination of nuclear weapons”.

 Underlining India’s “impeccable record” in preventing the proliferation of sensitive technologies, Mukherjee said New Delhi would bring proposals for “general and complete disarmament.

On Myanmar
Pranab Mukherjee conveyed India’s concern over the situation to his Myanmarese counterpart U Nyan Win during a meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly, here in the first-level contact between the two neighbouring countries since the crisis broke out in Myanmar.