{"id":198523,"date":"2022-08-03T18:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T12:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=198523"},"modified":"2022-08-03T18:13:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T12:43:46","slug":"time-for-a-global-treaty-on-uber-deadly-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/time-for-a-global-treaty-on-uber-deadly-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a global treaty on uber-deadly weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The Post is based on an article \u201cTime for a global treaty on uber-deadly weapons\u201d<\/strong> published in the Live Mint<\/strong> on 2nd<\/sup> August 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 3 Internal and External Security<\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Recently, The Ministry of External Affairs introduced the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022. <\/strong>In a global context, this is a pre-emptive move <\/strong>in relation to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).<\/p>\n

Features in the bill<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The bill bars the financing<\/strong> of WMDs and their delivery vehicles. Further, it empowers the government to freeze<\/strong> and seize the financial assets <\/strong>and resources of those engaged in this illicit activity.<\/p>\n

The new provisions cover all holdings<\/strong> that are either owned or controlled, wholly or jointly, directly or indirectly by offenders, and also any other things which are held by others on their behalf.<\/p>\n

The Centre can take action via any authority<\/strong> that it has assigned this task to execute the order.<\/p>\n

What was the need for such a law for WMD in India?
\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n

There are enough nuclear bombs<\/strong> on the planet earth which are sufficient to kill all life on earth many times over. There may be an accidental launch<\/strong> of a nuclear missile tipped with a fissile warhead.<\/p>\n

The risk of terrorists armed with nuclear, chemical, or biological devices or even aircraft filled with jet fuel has increased. For example, \u2018the 9\/11 Terror Attack <\/strong>\u2019was suffered by the US in 2001.<\/p>\n

The US invaded Iraq based on its anxiety over the presence of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Thus, the presence of WMDs, can lead to state conflicts.<\/p>\n

During the Soviet-US Cold War, the mutually assured destruction<\/strong> (MAD) doctrine was an assurance of peace in the world. However, the role of the non-state actors <\/strong>who are mostly state-sponsored<\/strong> has increased<\/p>\n

Other Measures Taken to tackle such threat<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Global efforts to minimize terror threats include stopping money<\/strong> from being sneaked into the development of weapons that can kill at scale.<\/p>\n

Recently, India has aligned its policy with the advice of the Financial Action Task Force. India has amended its 2005 ban on making WMDs to outlaw the funding of such activity as well.<\/p>\n

What should be done?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

To help secure the world, India should propose a global treaty that commits every state to \u2018no first use<\/strong>\u2019 of WMDs, in line with New Delhi\u2019s no first use nuclear doctrine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Further, All the countries holding WMD ensure that non-state actors<\/strong> mustn\u2019t get access to nukes and other mass killers.<\/p>\n

Our WMD law may seem unlikely to be invoked, given the scant evidence available of such further, India\u2019s WMD law, should not be misapplied to the subjects. Here, judiciary can play a vital role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The Post is based on an article \u201cTime for a global treaty on uber-deadly weapons\u201d published in the Live Mint on 2nd August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Internal and External Security Relevance: The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022. News: Recently, The Ministry of External… Continue reading Time for a global treaty on uber-deadly weapons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10343,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10501],"class_list":["post-198523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704780185},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}