Nuclear Disarmament : Concepts, Principles and Actions for Strengthening the Non-proliferation Regimes

by Pedraza, Jorge Morales

• ISBN13: 9781607411796
• ISBN10: 1607411792
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

The purpose of the book is to provide guidance to politicians, diplomatic, high ranking military officers, military experts, journalists and academics during the preparation of national policies on non-proliferation, disarmament and arms control. The United Nations disarmament machinery, including the Conference on Disarmament could use this book as a reference when preparing different proposals of actions to be implemented by the international community in order to preserve international peace and security. Another purpose of this book is to serve as a guidance to high ranking military officers, disarmament experts, journalists and academics in their daily researcher work, as well as to serve as teaching materials in post-graduated studies in the field of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Introduction

General Overview

Current international political situation

Nuclear, chemical, biological & conventional weapons

Additional concepts & definitions

The Non-Proliferation regimes & its main components

Confidence building & verification measures

Principles

Actions in the field of nuclear weapons

Plan for the safe destruction of all nuclear weapons & nuclear weapon production facilities: Principles & elements to be considered

Some elements for the preparation of a Convention on the destruction of all nuclear weapons & nuclear weapon production facilities: A proposal to be considered

Conclusions

Annexes

Index

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