Verification of Disarmament or Limitation of Armaments: Instruments, Negotiations, Proposals

Abstract

UNIDIR is an autonomous institution within the framework of the United Nations. It was established in 1980 by the General Assembly for the purpose of undertaking independent research on disarmament and related problems, particularly international security issues. The work of the Institute aims at: Providing the international community with more diversified and complete data on problems relating to international security, the armaments race, and disarmament in all fields, particularly in the nuclear field, so as to facilitate progress, through negotiations, towards greater security for all States and toward the economic and social development of all peoples; Promoting informed participation by all States in disarmament efforts; Assisting ongoing negotiations in disarmament and continuing efforts to ensure greater international security at a progressively lower level of armaments, particularly nuclear armaments, by means of objective and factual studies and analyses; Carrying out more in depth, forward looking, and long term research on disarmament, so as to provide a general insight into the problems involved, and stimulating new initiatives for new negotiations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA339273

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People

  • Serge Sur

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  • Biomedical
  • Space

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  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Space Objects
  • Treaties
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapon Control

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  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design