UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS, 1953-1957.
Abstract
Disarmament negotiations over the last twenty years have led to but one positive result, the Test Ban Treaty of 1963. In 1946, however, the United States had offered a plan for comprehensive disarmament whereby the United Nations would become the sole owner of atomic energy, o use it for peaceful means. The Soviet Union also offered a general disarmament program, but because of ideological and strategic differences the two proposals could not be reconciled. A comparison of these early positions with those of today show that in the intervening years there have been two marked changes in approach by both the Soviet and the Western blocs. First, the increasing size and number of atomic weapons, the development of thermonuclear bombs, and increased threat of war caused thereby called for the revision of policy which took place on both sides of the Iron Curtain. A second change which took place during the period was the gradual elimination of the United Nations Organization as a sponsoring body. Since 1957 East and West have negotiated as opposing blocs wholly outside the United Nations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 21, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0624666
Entities
People
- Robert Mathias Repp Iii.
Organizations
- Syracuse University