India and Israel oppose UN draft on regional arms control

Politics · First reported 3 Nov, 05:33 · Updated 06:10

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India and Israel were the only countries to vote against a UN General Assembly First Committee draft on regional conventional arms control. India said arms-control issues and security concerns extend beyond regional boundaries.

The draft passed the First Committee with 180 votes in favour, two against and no abstentions; India and Israel cast the opposing votes.
India argued that conventional arms control should not be pursued primarily at regional and subregional levels because security concerns extend beyond those boundaries.
India also objected to a request for further UN Disarmament Commission work, citing prior consensus outcomes, and separately opposed a paragraph referring to South Asia arms-control proposals.

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Key facts

Committee vote: 180 in favour, two against, no abstentions
Countries voting against: India and Israel
UN body: General Assembly First Committee
India’s stated rationale: Security concerns extend beyond regional and subregional boundaries