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The opening sessions of the 2011 Conference on Disarmament (CD) appear to be on a tumultuous track. During the first plenary of the CD, Ambassador Zamir Akram, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN in Geneva, criticized recent shows of support by the US and others for India' s membership in the four major multilateral export control organizations - the Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG), the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australian Group.