ISLAMABAD, APRIL 08, SPA -- Pakistan has called for a new consensus on disarmament and non-proliferation to respond to new realities and challenges and reaffirmed its opposition to arms race at regional or global level. In an address at the U.N. Disarmament Commission, a subsidiary of the General Assembly on Monday, Pakistan's permanent representative to the United States Ambassador Munir Akram said that unless there was broad agreement on goals and parameters that needed to be pursued, it would be difficult to achieve breakthroughs, according to a message received in Islamabad. Such a new consensus should, he said, among other things; revive the commitment by all States to the goal of complete nuclear disarmament, with no ambiguity on that objective. Akram said it must also reflect the importance of reducing and eliminating discrimination in the current non-proliferation regime and arrangement.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/544060