Consider the following statements:
1. India advocated the cause for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty.
2. India launched a Six-Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative.
3. India proposed an action Plan for ushering in a nuclear weapon free and nonviolent world order.
4. India is an original signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

How many of the above statements are correct with respect to India and UN Peace relations?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) All four

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Consider the following statements:
1. India advocated the cause for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty.
2. India launched a Six-Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative.
3. India proposed an action Plan for ushering in a nuclear weapon free and nonviolent world order.
4. India is an original signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

How many of the above statements are correct with respect to India and UN Peace relations?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) All four

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

Statement 1 is correct: In 1954, India advocated the cause for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. India was the first to become a party to the partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963. Hence India strongly and consistently refused to join the Treaty.

Statement 2 is correct: In 1984, India launched a Six-Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative along with Argentina, Greece, Mexico, Sweden and Tanzania. Four years later (in a joint declaration issued on the occasion of visit of President Gorbachev of Soviet Union the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi made a forceful plea for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The Delhi declaration enumerated ten principles for building a nuclear weapon free world).

Statement 3 is correct: In 1988, Rajiv Gandhi proposed an Action Plan for ushering in a nuclear weapon free and nonviolent world order. The Action Plan envisaged a binding commitment by all nations to the elimination of nuclear weapons in stages by 2010.

Statement 4 is correct: India is also an original signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, having signed it on Jan. 14, 1993 and was among the first 65 countries to have ratified the treaty.

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