WAF condemned India for starting the nuclear race in South Asia, and were saddened that Pakistan responded in kind and lost its moral high ground in the process.

Other states did not want to condemn India and Pakistan, but wanted to urge them not to "weaponize."

But however outspoken Sri Lankan leaders are in condemning India, officials here say they know the odds are against them.

Although China strongly condemned India, it did not carry out its veiled threat to intervene on Pakistan's behalf.

He said he would call upon the Group of Seven leading industrial nations meeting in England this weekend to condemn India for the tests.

And while one can justly condemn India for having fired the first shot, the reality of China and Pakistan combining forces in such a manner makes its actions understandable if not commendable.

The United States issued a strong statement condemning India and promised that sanctions would follow.

However, other nuclear powers, such as France and Russia, refrained from condemning India.

Pakistan says this may be necessary to deter Indian aggression, since the major industrial nations failed to condemn India at their weekend summit.

I would ask this House to condemn these nuclear tests outright and condemn India for not being part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.