disarmament
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Nuclear disarmament
- Police disarmament
- Disarmament conferences and treaties
- Naval
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Space
- Definitions of disarmament
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or a 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 weapons of mass destruction, 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.”