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Definition
To reduce or control the number of weapons held by the combatant forces before
demobilization. Reduction in the weapons possessed by, or available to, armed groups
Reduction in actual or to the threat of occurrence of an armed violence Minimal
casualties during disarmament Improvement in the perception of human security.
Public connection between the availability of weapons and armed violence To build
an awareness across the globe against arms race and lethal consequences related to it
Reduction and the disruption of the transfer and the illicit trade of weapons Reduction
of weapons existing on the face of the earth Development on tough laws and regime
against the illegal use of the weapons.
In 2004, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1540 under Chapter VII of the
United Nations Charter, obliging States to refrain from supporting non-State actors from
developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting, transferring or using nuclear,
chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems
On 19 November 2008, the Security Council held an open thematic debate on strengthening
collective security through general regulation and reduction of armaments.
On 24 September 2009 the Security Council affirmed its commitment to the goal of a world
free of nuclear weapons and established a broad framework for reducing global nuclear
dangers, in an historic summit-level meeting chaired by United States President Barack
Obama.
"...the General Assembly may consider the general principles of cooperation in the
maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing
disarmament and regulation of armaments.."
Article 11 of the UN Charter
The Disarmament and International Security Committee" is concerned with disarmament and
related international security questions.
Created by the General Assembly in 1952, the UNDC has a general mandate to discuss
disarmament questions. It convenes each year for a three week period in April and May.
The General Assembly has held three Special Sessions devoted to Disarmament (SSOD):
SSOD-I in 1978, SSOD-II in 1982 and SSOD-III in 1988. Since 1995, the General Assembly
has been calling for a fourth session on disarmament. It then established Working Groups in
2003 and 2007 to discuss the agenda and the possibility of establishing a preparatory
committee for an SSOD-IV.
Member States decided in 2008 "to establish an open-ended working group, to meet for up to
six one-week sessions starting in 2009".
On 28 May 1992, the Secretary-General established the United Nations Standing Advisory
Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
Some of the most notable decisions related to disarmament, nonproliferation, and arms
control include the endorsement of the
Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968 which banned the spread
of nuclear weapons from nuclear to nonnuclear powers; enjoined signatory nonnuclear
powers, in exchange for technical assistance in developing nuclear power for “peaceful
purposes,” not to develop or deploy nuclear weapons; and committed the nuclear powers to
engage in measures of disarmament.
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1992 which prohibited the development,
production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and called for the destruction of
existing stockpiles within 10 years, was opened for signature and the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996. which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons, was signed—
though it has not yet entered into force—and two years later a treaty banning the production
and export of antipersonnel land mines (Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction) was
concluded. Despite international pressure, the United States refused to sign both the test ban
and the land mine agreements.
1. The Positive Security Assurance: - Under Res.255 (1968) in UNGA treaty assured
protection of Non-nuclear state in case of nuclear attack by other state by P-5.
2. The Zangger Committee: - 1971, Ensure that an importer places the safeguards on the
specified materials that relates to the manufacturing of the nuclear power or the nuclear
installations. Committee informs IAEA of its actions.
3. NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group): - IN 1975, to protect the nuclear material and technology
from being diverted from peaceful purposes. 4. MTCR (Missile Technology Control
Regime): - IN 1987, to prevent and confront the means to deliver such weapons.