India, along with the US and Pakistan, has voted against a provision in a UN resolution calling on to “promptly” accede to the NPT as non-nuclear-weapon nation “without conditions” and to place all its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards. A draft resolution on achieving a nuclear weapon-free world and accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments was adopted in the UN General Assembly session on Tuesday by a recorded vote of 169 in favour to seven against with 5 abstentions including by Bhutan and China.
Prior to the passage of the draft, a separate vote was also taken on operative para 9, which stressed the fundamental role of the NPT (non-proliferation treaty) in achieving nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and urged India, Israel and Pakistan to accede to it as non-nuclear-weapon States promptly, without conditions and to place their nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards.