Only India votes against Pak’s UN resolution on arms control – Times of India

India voted against Pakistan’s resolution on ‘Conventional gun control at regional and sub-regional level’.
The Pakistan-Syria Resolution on ‘Conventional Arms Control at Regional and Sub-Regional Levels’ in the First Committee of UN General Assembly was passed by a recorded vote, with 179 members voting in favor, one abstention by Israel, while India was the only country to vote against the resolution.
The resolution recognizes the “critical role of conventional arms control in promoting regional and international peace and security.” “Convinced that conventional arms control should be pursued primarily in the regional and sub-regional context, as most threats to peace and security in the post-Cold War era arise primarily among states located in the same region or sub-region “, the resolution said.
It notes with particular interest the initiatives taken in this regard in various parts of the world, in particular the consultations between a number of Latin American countries and the proposals for conventional arms control made in the context of South Asia , and in the context of this subject, recognizes the relevance and value of conventional arms control in regional security.” The resolution, “in the belief that militarily important states and states with greater military capabilities have a special responsibility in promoting such agreements regional securitydecided to “give urgent attention to the issues involved in conventional arms control at the regional and sub-regional levels.”