Is Nuclear Disarmament Possible?
“Peace through Disarmament” is a major focus for the United Nations. October provides several themes that support this significant global issue: United Nations Week, October 20-24, and Disarmament Week, October 24-30. This excerpt from the Department for Disarmament Affairs’ vision statement sums up this avenue of the UN’s work: “We acknowledge that disarmament alone will not produce world peace. Yet we also maintain that the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, illicit arms trafficking, and burgeoning weapons stockpiles would advance both peace and development goals. It would accomplish this by reducing the effects of wars, eliminating some key incentives to new conflicts, and liberating resources to improve the lives of all the peoples of the United Nations and the natural environment in which they live.” The UN has made some progress towards disarmament, with treaties and conventions that create guidelines and international laws about weapons production and exportation to oth
