Sikh Community Calls for Nuclear Disarmament at UN Conference

Mexico City, MEXICO: UNITED SIKHS voiced serious concerns over the position of the Sikh community in the case of a possible India-Pakistan nuclear conflict, while presenting at the United Nations 62nd Annual DPI/NGO Conference in Mexico City. Marking the second global effort by Sikhs to draw attention to the situation in the Indian sub-continent, the presentation, “Nuclear Disarmament: Reconciling Security Between India and Pakistan with Basic Ethics and Through Non-Violence” highlighted instances in recent history where the threat of actual nuclear conflict has arisen between the two nations on five different occasions, the serious local and global consequences of a nuclear conflict, and argued for the urgent and immediate need for nuclear disarmament. A limited, regional nuclear conflict between the two countries would be a complete disaster for the Sikh community who predominantly lives in Panjab, a region divided between the countries. Some experts suggest that such a conflict would result in a global famine resulting in a billion starvation deaths from the environmental impact, in addition to loss of life due to direct impact.

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