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ISIS Scare Forces UN To Review Nuclear Resolution On Non-State Actors
Sapan Kapoor | New Delhi | Updated: June 17, 2015 6:27 pm

After Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) set the cat among the pigeons through its claims of acquiring nuclear weapons within one year from Pakistan, the UN Security Council has asked its members to review its resolution on preventing non-state actors from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“The review should serve our common interest of preventing the ability of non-State actors (an individual or entity, not acting under the lawful authority of any State) to threaten us with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in particular for terrorist purposes,” Xinhua news agency cited an official statement as saying.

Resolution 1540, “Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction” adopted in 2004, asks all member states to refrain from providing any form of support to non-State actors that attempt to develop, transfer or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

Affirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons constitutes a threat to international peace and security, the resolution obligates all states to adopt and enforce effective laws which prohibit any non-State actor to manufacture, transfer or use nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

According to the council, the review began on April 28 and is to be completed by November 30, 2016.

The ISIS magazine ‘Dabiq’ in an article had claimed that the Islamic group is expanding so fast that they can buy their own nuclear weapon within a year. According to the article, they can buy nuclear weapons within 12 months from corrupt officials in Pakistan.

The article claims ISIS militants have seized “tanks, rocket launchers, missile systems, anti-aircraft systems,” from the US and Iran. It then talks about the subject of more extreme weapons the group is not in possession of – such as nuclear weapons.

The article continues. “The Islamic State has billions of dollars in the bank, so they call on their wilāyah in Pakistan to purchase a nuclear device through weapons dealers with links to corrupt officials in the region.”

Indian Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh had also warned earlier this month that militants fighting for the Islamic State were not merely exaggerating when they boasted of potentially acquiring nuclear weapons from Pakistan.

Speaking at a security conference in Singapore, Rao Inderjit Singh had said that with billions in the bank and contact with powerful Pakistani arms dealers, it is feasible that ISIS could buy a nuclear bomb.

(With Inputs From IANS)