Disarmament definition

Disarmament means the collection, control and disposal of small arms, light and heavy weapons and includes de-mining.
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Disarmament means to reduce and, in a broader sense, eliminate armaments and weapons while “arms control” implies the regulation on armaments and weapons, verification and inspection thereof, confidence-building measures, and restrictions on the transfer of conventional weapons. The concept of arms control originates from the US-USSR nuclear arms control negotiations held in the 1970s and was originally designed to develop a system to control nuclear weapons between the nuclear superpowers. The objective of “non-proliferation” is to curb and prevent the proliferation of weapons in general, in particular, weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear, biological or chemi- cal weapons, their delivery means (missiles, etc.) and related materials and technologies.
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Examples of Disarmament in a sentence

  • The determinations are described in the most recent unclassified annual report provided to Congress pursuant to section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a).

  • The Pre-interim Period duration 6 months (D-day to D-day + 6 months) ceasefire activities shall start (as per attached lists), including the redeployment of SAF from the South to the North, the beginning of the Demobilization, Disarmament, Re-integration and Reconciliation (DDRR), the redeployment of SPLA forces from Eastern Sudan, the formation, co-location in training centres, training of the Joint/Integrated Units (JIUs) and the UN monitoring.

  • The Company shall deliver to Participant one Share free and clear of any restrictions in settlement of each of the vested and unrestricted RSUs within 60 days following the end of the respective Performance Period.

  • Upon the signing of the present Agreement, the Government of Sierra Leone shall immediately request the International Community to assist with the provision of the necessary financial and technical resources needed for the adaptation and extension of the existing Encampment, Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme in Sierra Leone, including payment of retirement benefits and other emoluments due to former members of the SLA.

  • The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) has been providing Latin American and Caribbean Member States with technical assistance to improve capabilities for small arms control, including security and justice sector training to combat illicit trafficking in firearms and ammunition, as well as legal and policy reforms.

  • United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, phone (41–22) 917–4292.

  • A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1971 to the Present (Stanford 2003).

  • Protection of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration personnel.

  • Page 8, Annex, Programme of the Government of National Reconciliation, VII Regrouping, disarming and demobilizing: 4) The Government of National Reconciliation shall ensure the social reintegration of military personnel of every origin with the help of Disarmament - Demobilization - Repatriation - Resettlement - Reintegration (DDRRR) type programmes which can be implemented with the support of international development partners.

  • In this regard one of the options being propagated by the non-proliferation community is to have a regional fissile material control arrangement involving China, India and Pakistan pending formal negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD).70 It however would remain a debatable preposition as China would not like itself to be equated with South Asian neighbors in terms of its nuclear capability, while US remains outside of any obligations.