Abstract
Controlling the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons—has been high on the agenda of the United Nations (UN) since its inception. Despite the fact that the UN Charter places little emphasis on arms control and disarmament, the very first General Assembly resolution in January 1946 called for the new UN Atomic Energy Commission to make proposals for “the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and of all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction.”1 Since then, the UN has viewed reducing the risks to peace and security posed by these especially destructive weapons as one of its major tasks.KeywordsInternational Atomic Energy AgencyUnited NationsSecurity CouncilNuclear WeaponMass DestructionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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