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Secretary General made it clear that“disarmament and nonproliferation must proceedtogether.”2We are living in the time where opposing nuclear weapon is not only aevidence of commitment towards nonviolent livelihood struggle but also a reflectionof transnational mobilization of solidarity for peace movement which largely aimsat harmonization of cross cultures, traditions and legal boundaries in this globalisedworld. What are the reasons of everlasting fear that governments across the worldare still miles away from rethinking about need to have nuclear weapons? Whichare the geopolitical conditions prompting nations to test for nuclear weapons? Theseare the vexing questions permeable in the discourse triggered by foundations ofinternational strategic and security think tanks in last half century.Journey of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)During these ten years starting from 1945, nuclear weapon technology progressedto the next stage of lethal degree i.e. thermonuclear hydrogen fusion bombs. USAacquired thermonuclear fusion capability in 1952 and USSR had to wait up to 1955.The number of nations testing fission bombs increased thereafter: First Britain in1957, France in 1960, China in 1964, India in 1974, and Pakistan in 1998. South Africadiscontinued its program, thus becoming the first country to have developed nuclearweapons only to abandon them. All credit to South Africa! 3Belorussia, Ukraine andKazakhstan renounced the nuclear weapons which the Soviet Union had left behindin their territories. Libya has reversed its policy. Argentina, Brazil, Taiwan, SouthKorea and Turkey have given up ambitious programs. Nevertheless, proliferationcontinues. It has to be stopped. In 1978, at the end of UN Disarmament Decade whichcommenced in 1969, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was convinced thatdisarmament and arms limitation, particularly of nuclear weapons are essential for8162 Mr. Ban Ki-moon, 24 September 2009; United Nations Security Council Summit on Nuclear Non-proliferation andDisarmament New York, USA http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Statements/Misc/2009/bankimoon24092009.html3 Speech by Norwegian Nobel Committee, Dec. 2005; The Nobel Prize 2005 to International Atomic Energy Agency