Search Results - "disarmament"
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'Our expectations were perhaps too high': disarmament, citizen activism, and the 1907 Hague Peace Conference
Published 2018“…Focusing on hopes and aspirations regarding disarmament ahead of the 1907 Hague Conference, it contends that networks of European and American citizen activists, by doing so much to bring the conference about and legitimizing disarmament as a topic for diplomatic discussion, ensured that immediate verdicts of the conference’s work focused on the (practically non-existent) outcomes in this domain. …”
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Beneath the deadly nuclear clouds
Published 1995“…The Treaty said to be the most multilateral treaty after the United Nations Charter, was designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to further the goal of general and complete disarmament. For example Article VI in the Treaty states: "Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control." …”
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Japan's policy and views on nuclear weapon: a historical perspective2
Published 2010“…Instead, Japan will continue to strengthen its alliance with the United States and overall deterrence posture while pursuing nuclear nonproliferation, disarmament, and arms control together with the international community, especially with the countries in East Asia. …”
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British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference
Published 2015“…Peace activists identified and harnessed a growing body of progressive public opinion—on both a domestic and international scale—in the hope of compelling governments to take the necessary steps towards realising their ambitions of peace, disarmament, and international arbitration. Although the tangible outcomes of the 1899 Conference were limited, the precedents it established not only paved the way for further advances in international law, but also facilitated ever closer public and press scrutiny of international affairs into the twentieth century.…”
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Nuclear weapons and intergenerational exploitation
Published 2007“…Britain and France should consider disarmament, while Russia and the United States should slash their arsenals. …”
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From Ambivalence to Influence: Australia and the Negotiation of the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
Published 2004“…In early 1967 it appeared that the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva would successfully negotiate a multilateral treaty to curb global proliferation of nuclear weapons. …”
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Assessing the impact of peacebuilding on human security in conflict-affected states: the case of Côte d’Ivoire (2002-2015)
Published 2018“…International peacebuilding by the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), European Union (EU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and France prioritised issues of elections, re-establishing of democracy, and disarmament and demobilisation of combatants, and the development of state security over health and education. …”
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The principle of integration in International Sustainable Development Law (ISDL) with reference to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
Published 2016“…The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) does not explicitly refer to sustainable development despite the fact that other United Nations (UN) disarmament documents prescribe that international environmental law principles and sustainable development be considered among arms control agreements.This study’s objective is to utilize the principle of integration’s three components of environmental, economic, and social development, as found in the International Sustainable Development Law (ISDL) from the New Delhi Declaration (Delhi Declaration) of Principles of International Law Relating to Sustainable Development, in order to evaluate whether the BWC contains such components; thereby, making it possible for the BWC to contribute to sustainable development. …”
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Nature and effects of cattle rustling on rural community well-being in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Published 2019“…This study divulges that few preventive approaches like border security, disarmament, security agents and vigilante groups have been initiated in Kaduna State. …”
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Child soldiers as a human security issue: a case study of Sierra Leone, 1991-2002
Published 2019“…With the assistance from international community, the government of Sierra Leone has been successful in providing security assurance to the former child soldiers through the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Program. …”
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