United Nations: State patronage of international terrorists who can get hold of weapons of mass destruction constitutes a real and present danger to international security, India has warned.

"State patronage of non-state actors whose nihilism knows no international boundary or humanitarian tabooa is putting the world at risk, Amandeep Singh Gill, India's Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament (CD), said on Tuesday at the organisation's plenary session in Geneva. "The threat of non-state actors accessing weapons of mass destruction is real and present," he said.