IBSA leaders reiterate commitment to complete elimination of nuclear weapons
April 16th, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by ANIBrasilia, April 16 (ANI): IBSA leaders here on Thursday reiterated their commitment to complete elimination of nuclear weapons in a comprehensive, universal, non-discriminatory and verifiable manner, and expressed concern over the lack of progress in the realization of that goal.
Deliberating on the issue of disarmament and Non-Proliferation, the Leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the goal of complete elimination of nuclear weapons and also underlined the need for reducing the role of nuclear weapons in strategic doctrines and expressed their support for effective international agreements to assure non-nuclear weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.
The Leaders expressed support for an International Convention Prohibiting the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Nuclear Weapons, leading to their destruction.
They reiterated that nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation are mutually reinforcing processes, requiring continuous irreversible progress on both fronts. (ANI)
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