Addressing the Disarmament and International Security Committee also known as the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, Acharya asserted that the world was overarmed and underfed as military spending had crossed the $1 trillion-a-year mark at the time when 1 billion people lived in poverty and hunger.[break]
As a party to the Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty and Chemical Weapon Convention, Nepal strongly supports the elimination of nuclear weapons to attain nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation once and for all, he added.
Acharya also stressed that Nepal fully supports the effective implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons.
Nepal supports the adoption of a legally binding instrument to regulate international arms transfer for transparency and accountability, he said.
He also stated that Nepal stands for prevention of arms race in the outer space and encourages an early conclusion of a Fissile Materials Cut-Off Treaty.
While highlighting Nepal as a host country to the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, Acharya informed the Committee that Nepal would be tabling a resolution on ‘United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific’ at the current Session of the Committee.
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