Article Posted on : - Sep 29, 2009

NEW DELHI (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday insisted that global non-proliferation to be successful should be universal, comprehensive and non-discriminatory and linked to the goal of complete nuclear disarmament.

Days after the UN Security Council, at a session presided by US President Barack Obama, adopted a resolution asking all non-NPT states to sign the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty, Singh said it is a matter of regret that the global non-proliferation regime has not succeeded in preventing proliferation.

"Its deficiencies, in fact have had an adverse impact on our security. Global non-proliferation, to be successful, should be universal, comprehensive and non-discriminatory and linked to the goal of complete disarmament," Singh said noting there was growing global acceptance for this view point.

The Prime Minister said India was proud of its non-proliferation record and was committed to global efforts for preventing the proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction.

"We are committed to a voluntary, unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing," he said adding as a nuclear weapons state and a responsible member of the international community, India will participate constructively in the negotiations of an FMCT in the Conference on Disarmament.