| Name of
the event |
INDIA-TREATIES - Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) |
| Date of
the event |
- November 25, 2002: The
HCoC Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation was
formally brought into effect on this day.
- June 03, 2016: India on
this day joined a global
ballistic missile proliferation regime but made it clear
that it will not have any impact on the national
security as well as country’s missile programmes.
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|
Objective |
Control on
Ballistic Missile Proliferation |
|
Description |
- The government added by saying “India’s joining the Code
signals our readiness to further strengthen global
non-proliferation objectives.”
- The HCoC is a voluntary, legally non-binding
international confidence building and transparency measure
that seeks to prevent the proliferation of ballistic
missiles that are capable of delivering weapons of
mass destruction.
- HCOC was formerly known as the International
Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation.
- The HCOC is aimed at bolstering efforts to curb
ballistic missile proliferation worldwide and to further
delegitimize such proliferation.
- The HCOC consists of a set of general principles,
modest commitments, and limited confidence-building
measures.
- It is intended to supplement, not supplant, the
Missile Technology Control Regime, and is
administered collectively by all subscribing states.
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