{"id":12075,"date":"2016-06-16T11:41:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T11:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indialegalonline.com\/?p=12075"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T08:34:10","slug":"consensus-is-a-delightfully-vague-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/commercial-news\/diplomacy-news\/consensus-is-a-delightfully-vague-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Consensus is a Delightfully Vague Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is no case for blocking India\u2019s membership to the NSG. China\u2019s objections should not be binding<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Nuclear Suppliers Gro-up (NSG) was set up as a club of nuclear equipment and fissile material suppliers in the aftermath of India\u2019s 1974 nuclear test.\u00a0 Members are admitted on the basis of \u201cconsensus\u201d and its working and decisions are also taken on the basis of consensus. This group has no international legal basis and operates in the shadow of the formal international arena. Its membership, however, of all the Permanent Five members of the Security Council, all major producers and exporters of nuclear fissile materials, leading technologically advanced European nations, in addition to the US, Japan and Australia, makes it the most powerful group in the entire spectrum of nuclear commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n
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