- CD is the sole multilateral disarmament forum. It should be responsive to aspirations of international community.
- Great power competition has re-emerged.
- Some states are pursuing dominance resulting in erosion of fundamental basis and principles of global arms control framework.
- Developments led to stalemate in CD for over two decades now.
- Impasse goes beyond CD, no headway on arms control and disarmament agenda by UN First Committee and UN Disarmament Commission.
- Two major risks threats to global and regional stability:-
– Firstly, modernization of nuclear weapon system, introduction of destabilizing weapon system like HGV’s and ABMs.
– Secondly, nature of warfare is rapidly changing. Big Data analytics, quantum computing with outer space are significant. - UN disarmament forums have failed to evolve their agenda to deal with new global threats.
- Currently technology holders oppose legally binding controls on hostile use of emerging technologies.
- CD needs to take up negotiations on PAROS owing to risk of weaponizations of space.
- Convergence between space based capabilities and military uses of emerging technologies portends new and grave danger to security and deterrence stability on earth.
- Relationship between conventional weapon asymmetries and reliance on nuclear deterrence leading to balanced reduction of forces and conventional armament, deserves the attention of the CD.
- The recently adopted Treaty on the prohibition Nuclear Weapon (TPNW) has sidestepped underlying security concerns of states, international disputes and failed to address asymmetries in non-nuclear military forces.
- Our neighbor continue to pursue coercion, hegemonic policy with overt nuclearization of Indian Ocean and ultra-nationalist statements to invade Pakistan is casting shadows over security paradigm of South Asia.
- Demonstration of anti-satellite weapon capability in South Asia has highlighted our concerns of provision of high-end technology to one country, affecting non-proliferation while undertaking discriminatory exception to export control regime.
CD – Extract of Foreign Secretary Statement at Conference of Disarmament (CD) High Level Segment on 24 Feb 2021
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