Disarmament facts for kids
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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Battleships being dismantled for scrap in Philadelphia Navy Yard, after the Washington Naval Treaty imposed limits on capital ships
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Martin Kobler addresses attendees at a disarmament ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Workers cut launch tubes for nuclear missiles as part of the Cooperative Threat Reduction program.
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In Spanish: Desarme y control de armamento para niños
