Author Description

Preface; Introduction; 1. Nuclear Disarmament and Related Issues (1945 to Early 1990s); 2. Nuclear Disarmament Scenario During the Last Two Decades (1990-2010); 3. Disarmament: Weapons of Mass Destruction; 4. Lighter and Small Arms and Cyber Weapon; 5. Nuclear Disarmament: Latest Developments (2010); 6. Nuclear Disarmament; 7. Moving to NWFW: India's Options Annexures I. UN General Assembly Resolution, Establishment of a Commission to Deal with the Problems Raised by Atomic Energy, 24 January 1946; II. UN General Assembly Resolution 1653, Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear and Thermonuclear Weapons, 24 November 1961; III. Text of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; IV. UN Security Council Resolution 255, Question Relating to Measures to Safeguard Non-Nuclear Weapon States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapon, 19 June 1968; V. Rajiv Gandhi's Action Plan for Ushering in a Nuclear Weapon-Free and Non-Violent World Order, 9 June 1988; VI. UN Security Council Resolution 984; VII. 13 Steps NPT 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Article VI and Preambular Paragraphs 8 to 12, Section 15; VIII. Press Release, The Cabinet Committee on Security Reviews Operationalization of India's Nuclear Doctrine, 4 January 2003; IX. UN Security Council Resolution 1540; X. Follow-up to the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, UN General Assembly Resolution 61/83, 18 December 2006; XI. Statement by Mr. Hamid Ali Rao, Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, at the General Debate of the First Committee of the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 10 October 2008; XII. UN Security Council Resolution 1887 on Nuclear Security, 24 September 2009; XIII. Existing NWC Verification Technologies