<aside> ✋🏽 Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Act, 2022 was passed by Parliament.

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• Key features of the 2022 Act
• It amends the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005.
• It prohibits financing of any activity in relation to WMD and their delivery system.
• It empowers the Central Government to: o freeze, seize or attach funds or other financial assets or economic resources for preventing such financing. o prohibit making available funds, financial assets or economic resources for any prohibited activity in relation to weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.
• As per United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), WMDs constitute a class of weaponry with the potential to:

<aside> ✋🏽 o Produce in a single moment an enormous destructive effect capable to kill millions of civilians, jeopardize the natural environment, and fundamentally alter the lives of future generations.

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<aside> ✋🏽 o Cause death or serious injury of people through toxic or poisonous chemicals.

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<aside> ✋🏽 o Disseminate disease-causing organisms or toxins to harm or kill humans, animals or plants.

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<aside> ✋🏽 o Deliver nuclear explosive devices, chemical, biological or toxin agents to use them for hostile purposes or in armed conflict.

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