New Delhi, Jan. 18 -- India will be President of Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Jan/Feb 2024, after 11 years. India succeeds Hungary and will be followed by Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland and Israel. This information was posted on X by the India at Conference of Disarmament, Geneva and reposted by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

The Conference on Disarmament is a central element in the disarmament machinery that negotiates arms control treaties.

Current focus of Conference on Disarmament is on Nuclear Disarmament, FMCT, Outer Space, Negative Security Assurances, New WMDs, Radiological Weapons, Transparency in Armaments.

CD has 65 militarily-significant States as Members

The CD meets in an annual session, which is divided i...