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India did not participate in the first UN conference in more than 20 years on a global nuclear weapons ban which opened amid objections from major nuclear powers. More than 120 nations in October, 2016 voted on a UN General Assembly resolution to convene the conference to negotiate a legally binding treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
Britain, France, Israel, Russia and the US voted no, while China, India and Pakistan abstained from voting on that resolution. India also maintained that the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD) is the single multilateral disarmament negotiation forum. It has further said that it supports the commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament on a Comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Convention, which in addition to prohibition and elimination also includes verification.
India had said that international verification was essential to the global elimination of nuclear weapons as India feels that the current process does not include the verification aspect. In line with its position the India articulated in the Explanation of Vote (EoV). India has decided not to participate in the current conference that will run from March 27 to 31, 2017.