Disarmament
Subtitle: a basic guide
By: by Melissa Gillis
Contributors: United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9789211423235
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Disarmament; Economic aspects; Nuclear disarmament; Arms control
Description: "Conceived as a comprehensive introduction to a field central to the work of the United Nations, Disarmament: A Basic Guide aims to provide a useful overview of the nuanced challenges of building a more peaceful world in the twenty-first century. It was written with the general reader in mind and it strives to be accessible without downplaying the complexity of the issues it explores. This fourth edition includes updated figures, tables and treaty statuses; new analysis of the key developments since 2012; discussion of two recently agreed legal instruments, the Arms Trade Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and a new chapter on emerging threats from cyberweaponry, unmanned combat aerial vehicles and lethal autonomous weapons systems."--Publisher's website.
Notes: "United Nations publication sales no. E.17.IX.5--Title page verso.

"ISSN 2522-2996"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162).

Also available on the Internet.
Table of contents: title: Why is disarmament important?; title: Global military expenditures; title: Nuclear weapons; title: Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; title: Chemical weapons; title: Biological weapons; title: Missiles and missile defence; title: Conventional arms and the arms trade; title: Small arms and light weapons; title: Landmines; title: Cluster munitions; title: New and energing weapons technologies; title: Children and armed conflict; title: Women, peace and security; title: The United Nations and the work of disarmament; title: Stay informed and get involved; title: Appendix: arms control and disarmament treaties and related instruments.