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UN Disarmament Week
The UN Disarmament Week is observed from October 24 to 30. Key facts The UN Disarmament Week is observed to raise awareness and improve understanding of the significance and challenges of disarmament. The week starts on October 24, which marks the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN). Since the UN was founded, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Events Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Disarmament • global disarmament • Nuclear disarmament • United Nations
What is Five Eyes Alliance?
The Five Eyes countries recently issued a joint statement expressing their concern about increasing Chinese curbs on the autonomy of Hong Kong. The joint statement was issued following the postponement of Legislative Council elections that was due in September 2020 and imposition of national security law in Hong Kong. According to the countries the decisions ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: China-Hong Kong • Disarmament • five eyes alliance • Hong Kong • US-China • US-Russia • World War II
India-EU: Sixth Round of consultations on disarmament and non-proliferation
India and European Union held 6th round of consultations on disarmament and non-proliferation matter. The partners discussed on exchange of information on development in the field of chemical, nuclear and biological disarmament. They also discussed about the development on outer space security, conventional weapons and non-proliferation. They held talks on strategic stability of environment, export ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Disarmament • European Union (EU) • India-European Union • Non-Proliferation • SIPRI
2019 International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is observed every year on 26th of September to provide an occasion for world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as high priority.
Topics: Arms control • Disarmament • International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons • Law by country • Nuclear disarmament • Nuclear weapons • Nuclear-weapon-free zones • Politics by country • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
INF missile treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty was an arms control treaty signed between the U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on 8 December 1987 and it came into effect after its ratification in 1988. What was the treaty? The treaty had banned the intermediate range (500?1,000 kilometers) weapons of both two nations. ..
Topics: China • Disarmament • Russia • United States
Trends in International Arms Transfers 2018 Report: Key Facts
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released the Trends in International Arms Transfers 2018 Report. The Key observations made in the report include: Russia’s arms export to India decreased by a whopping 42 per cent between 2014-18 and 2009-2013. Russia accounted for 58 per cent of total Indian arms imports in 2014-2018, compared ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Topics: Algeria • Arms control • Arms Exports • Arms Imports • Australia • China • Disarmament • Egypt • France • Germany • India • Make in India Defence • Pakistan • Russia • Saudi Arabia • SIPRI • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute • Trends in International Arms Transfers • Trends in International Arms Transfers 2018 • United States • Venezuela