UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (APP): Pakistan has called for evolving an international agreement on universal and non-discriminatory criteria for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. “Unfair restrictions on the development of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes only serve to strengthen the monopoly of few over nuclear technology and thus aggravate the sense of discrimination and existence of double standards,” Ambassador Zamir Akram, the Pakistani delegate, told the General Assembly’s First Committee, which deals with disarmament and security issues.
“Such discrimination is dangerous for the integrity of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, said Akram, who is Pakistan’s permanent representative to U.N.’s Europeran Offices in Geneva.
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