He said the existence of nuclear weapons only served to encourage their proliferation.
Najib was speaking at the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament at the United Nations headquarters, here yesterday.
“I want to underline the need for all states to enhance efforts to attain the general as well as complete disarmament of all nuclear weapons, under strict international control.
“In this regard, I wish to also reiterate Malaysia’s deep concern on the slow progress in the reduction of strategic nuclear weapons, as well as modernisation and upgrading of nuclear arsenals.
“Many of these weapons are on high-alert status. My delegation thus urges those states with nuclear weapons on high-alert to decrease the operational readiness of their systems, which we believe is a small but necessary step forward,” he said.
