India Feels the NPT Heat

NEW DELHI -- The recent U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council resolution calling on all nations to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) has not been well-received in India.

The resolution, adopted last week at a Security Council session led by U.S. President Barack Obama, will ratchet up the pressure on India to sign a document that it considers grossly unfair. In fact India's Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran conveyed as much to Obama, stating that because the NPT's norms are "discriminatory" and "conflict with India's sovereignty," the treaty is unacceptable to New Delhi. ...