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N-deal
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On August 1,
2008
Governors of
the UN
nuclear
watchdog
approved an
inspections
plan for
India by
consensus, a
key step
towards
finalising a
US-Indian
nuclear
cooperation
deal
·
With the
go-ahead
from
International
Atomic
Energy
Agency
governors,
Washington
must
persuade
a 45-nation
nuclear
supply
cartel to
grant India
a waiver
allowing
trade with a
non-NPT
state, then
get US
Congress
ratification,
to sew up
the deal.
Mission
IAS’2009
·
Washington
and New
Delhi have
lobbied
other
countries
hard — 26 of
the 35 IAEA
board
members also
are in the
NSG — to
expedite the
deal through
remaining
hurdles,
with time
fast running
out before
US politics
pause for
November
elections.
·
The initial
Nuclear
Suppliers
Group (NSG)
meeting on
India is
expected to
be held on
August 21-22
·
The accord
would open
up to India
the world
market in
atomic
materials
and
technology
for civilian
use, but is
controversial
since New
Delhi has
conducted
nuclear test
explosions
and never
joined the
global
Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT).
·
India faces
a tougher
sell at the
NSG, a
cartel
formed in
response to
India’s 1974
nuclear test
to limit
trade in
“trigger
list”
nuclear
items —
those with
civilian or
military
uses — to
NPT member
states with
good
non-proliferation
records.
N-Deal and
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