of the world's nuclear weapons. As a consequence, they hold the entire world hostage to their mutual mistrust and their global rivalries. It is only logical that these two should agree to impose a qualitative and quantitative freeze on their nuclear arsenals and, after this freeze, reduce their weapons. This process should be joined in by the other nuclear-weapon states. JSM/jcl A/C.l/40/PV.9 62 (Mr. Shah Nawaz, Pakistan) Despite its reservations about the asymmetry in the rights and obligations of . the nuclear-weapon and the non-nuclear-weapon States inherent in the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Pakistan has remained committed to the objective of nuclear non-proliferation. Though my country has not acceded to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has observed·the Treaty's central obligation through which the non-nuclear-weapon States have undertaken not to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons. My Government's commitment to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons has been amply demonstrated through its initiatives in this regard at the global, regional and bilateral levels. At the global level Pakistan has been in the forefront of those demanding that effective and credible assurances be extended to the non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. In order to be credible these assurances have to be unconditional in nature and legally binding in character. My delegation holds that any State which foregoes the nuclear option has the right to receive security assurances from the nuclear-weapon States. These assurances, besides building confidence in the non-nuclear-weapon States, would also serve the non-proliferation objective by acting as a disincentive against the acquisition of nuclear weapons. My delegation, -which has submitted a draft resolution on this subject every year, intends to submit one this year also. We hope that our draft resolution will receive unanimous support in this Committee. Eleven years ago at the regional level Pakistan took the initiative in the 
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