India’s Explanation of Vote (POST VOTING)
Disarmament Machinery Cluster- 77th UNGA First Committee
4 November 2022, UNHQ, New York
Delivered by Ambassador Anupam Ray, Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament
L.25 Report of the Conference Disarmament
India regrets that the consensus nature of the resolution on the report of the Conference on Disarmament has been affected this year.
As the world’s single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, as mandated by the Special Session on Disarmament (SSOD)-1, the CD’s agenda deals with critical challenges of disarmament and international security facing the international community.
India accords high priority to the Conference on Disarmament. The CD has the mandate, membership and rules for negotiating legally-binding instruments on the core items on its Agenda.
India’s vote has been guided by the belief that consensus is paramount in arms control and disarmament.