ARUNDHATI GHOSE, who was India’s ambassador to the UN and played a key role in India’s negotiations on Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), died late Monday night at the age of 76. Not now, not ever.”She also played a key role in 1971, as she was posted in Dhaka and was supportive of the Bangladesh cause. Condoling her death, Vice-President Hamid Ansari said Ghose would be remembered for her services to the nation, including for role as head of the Indian delegation at the CTBT negotiations. During her illustrious career, Ghose served in a number of positions, including in Indian Missions in Austria, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, South Korea and Egypt. At the conference, she had talked about the “discriminatory” treaty and famously said, “India will not sign this unequal treaty.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2016 21:11 UTC