Dhaka, April 29 -- Bangladesh has called for renewed and strengthened global commitment to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, stressing that the vision of a nuclear-weapon-free world remains unfulfilled.

Bangladesh made the call at the 11th review conference of the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 28.

Speaking at the general debate, Bangladesh's Permanent Representative Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury stressed that despite eight decades of the United Nations, the vision of a nuclear-weapon-free world remains unfulfilled.

He warned that continued nuclear proliferation poses a grave threat to international peace and security, while also und...