India's Relations with UN for Peace

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Correct Answer : Option d

Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: In 1954, India advocated the cause for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. India was the first to become a party to the partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963. Hence India strongly and consistently refused to join the Treaty.

Statement 2 is correct: In 1984, India launched a Six-Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative along with Argentina, Greece, Mexico, Sweden and Tanzania. Four years later (in a joint declaration issued on the occasion of visit of President Gorbachev of Soviet Union the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi made a forceful plea for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The Delhi declaration enumerated ten principles for building a nuclear weapon free world).

Statement 3 is correct: In 1988, Rajiv Gandhi proposed an Action Plan for ushering in a nuclear weapon free and nonviolent world order. The Action Plan envisaged a binding commitment by all nations to the elimination of nuclear weapons in stages by 2010.

Statement 4 is correct: India is also an original signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, having signed it on Jan. 14, 1993 and was among the first 65 countries to have ratified the treaty.