"It is disarmament that is our agreed goal and that subsumes arms control and non proliferation," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, adding India would bring proposal in the United Nations General Assembly to refocus on general and complete disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament.

Addressing the 192-member UN General Assembly in New York on Monday evening, he pointed that steps to achieve complete elimination of nuclear weapons have made "little headway" and "despite some progress, the world remains far from achieving the objective".

"India's long standing commitment to universal, non discriminatory and comprehensive nuclear disarmament is embodied in the vision of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for 'nuclear-free and non-violent world'."

The vision put forward two decades ago remains "undiminished", he said, adding "it is more relevant today given the fact that peaceful uses of nuclear energy can address the inexorably growing demand for new and non-polluting sources of energy to fuel economic development.

The Minister warned that the risk posed by the intersection between proliferation and terrorism "is real and serious" and called for zero tolerance towards all forms of terrorism.

Noting India's "impeccable record" in preventing the proliferation of sensitive technologies, Mukherjee offered to work with the international community to develop a new international consensus on non-proliferation.

"The international community needs to intensify the effort to address the very real threat posed by the link between proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials and technologies to non-state actors," he said.

The central objective, he told the delegates, must be to ensure that the international solidarity in words is translated into action as the risk posed by the intersection between proliferation and terrorism is real and serious.

Emphasizing the need to unitedly fight the scourge of terrorism, Mukherjee said the adoption of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy last September was a noteworthy development, signalling the will of the international community to combat this menace in a holistic and coordinated manner.