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Disarmament
Disarmament meaning
The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war. | The act of disarming an opponent in a fight.
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Russia’s nuclear threat has made atomic weapons disarmament even more difficult and divided the international community, Kishida said, adding that it’s crucial to get China, Russia and other nuclear states to resume discussing nuclear disarmament.
The International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness is aimed at deepening understanding around the world about how disarmament can enhance peace and security, prevent and end armed conflicts and curb human suffering because of weapons.
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has assured the UN High Representative on Disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu Sri Lanka’s practical support in New York, Geneva and Vienna in furthering the global Disarmament Agenda.
It was designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, to further the goals of nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament, and to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Foot's involvement in the nuclear disarmament movement gave rise to the beloved story that The Times ran the headline "Foot Heads Arms Body" over an article about his leadership of a nuclear-disarmament committee.
Gradually, as the idea of arms control displaced the idea of disarmament, the weaknesses of the present arms control paradigm have created problems for the idea of disarmament itself.
Its goal is to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and the strengthening of the disarmament regimes in respect to other weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological weapons.
Middlemas and Barnes, p. 736. With the second part of the Disarmament Conference starting in January 1933, Baldwin attempted to see through his hope of air disarmament.
Other observers have suggested that the linkage between proliferation and disarmament may also work the other way, i.e., that the failure to resolve proliferation threats in Iran and North Korea, for instance, will cripple the prospects for disarmament.
These new attitudes on both sides nearly brought about the disarmament and destruction of ICBMs, long-range SLBMs, and, possibly even nuclear weapons themselves at a groundbreaking disarmament summit between Gorbachev and Reagan at Reykjavík in 1986.
A copy of the petition, which was made available to journalists, read in part, “We abide by the law as citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, upon our disarmament and acceptance to embrace the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
In the past, Swedish leaders like Inga Thorsson supported disarmament and conversion to promote ecological goals as well as a more peaceful world.
Oppenheimer was haunted by the knowledge that he had helped to create the atomic bomb, and he became a vocal advocate for nuclear disarmament.
The continued existence of nuclear arsenals underscores the urgent need for disarmament, nonproliferation efforts and a collective commitment to global peace and security.
The international community should urge the NWSs to develop an updated disarmament action plan within a specific timeframe.
The United States, Russia and China should lead in nuclear disarmament.
The war has been very negative for the cause of nuclear disarmament.
A central storyline of the film is Oppenheimer’s loss of his security clearance and eventual excommunication from the halls of power — a result of the Red Scare and his advocacy of nuclear disarmament policies that people in power did not want to hear.
Combating terrorism, extremism, illegal migration, climate change, and other global threats, as well as supporting UN peacekeeping activities and disarmament initiatives, are all efforts supported by Kazakhstan.
Global Affairs Canada says Ottawa has not allowed arms to be sent to Israel in decades, but does allow for the export of military technology and "non-lethal" goods, a term disarmament advocates argue is not clearly defined.