Disarmament
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| + | '''Disarmament''' is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing [[weapons]]. Disarmament generally refers to a country's [[military]] or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of [[weapons of mass destruction]], such as [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear arms]]. General and Complete Disarmament was defined by the United Nations General Assembly as the elimination of all WMD, coupled with the “balanced reduction of armed forces and conventional armaments, based on the principle of undiminished security of the parties with a view to promoting or enhancing stability at a lower military level, taking into account the need of all States to protect their security.” | ||
| - | The '''World Peace Council''' (WPC) is an international organization that advocates universal [[disarmament]], [[sovereignty]] and independence and [[peaceful co-existence]], and campaigns against [[imperialism]], [[weapons of mass destruction]] and all forms of [[discrimination]]. It was founded in 1950, emerging from the policy of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] to promote peace campaigns around the world in order to oppose "warmongering" by the [[United States]]. Its first president was the French physicist and activist [[Frédéric Joliot-Curie]]. It was based in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] from 1968 to 1999 and since in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. | + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Arms control]] | ||
| + | *[[Arms embargo]] | ||
| + | *[[Guns versus butter model]] | ||
| + | *[[List of chemical arms control agreements]] | ||
| + | *[[Military Keynesianism]] | ||
| + | *[[Nuclear disarmament]] | ||
| + | **[[Decommissioning of Russian nuclear-powered vessels]] | ||
| + | *[[Peace dividend]] | ||
| + | *[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]] | ||
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Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms. General and Complete Disarmament was defined by the United Nations General Assembly as the elimination of all WMD, coupled with the “balanced reduction of armed forces and conventional armaments, based on the principle of undiminished security of the parties with a view to promoting or enhancing stability at a lower military level, taking into account the need of all States to protect their security.”
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See also
- Arms control
- Arms embargo
- Guns versus butter model
- List of chemical arms control agreements
- Military Keynesianism
- Nuclear disarmament
- Peace dividend
- United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
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