Meaning and Definition of Disarmament
The literal meaning of disarmament is the elimination of all physical and human means of the use of physical violence. It is a program aimed at reducing certain specific threats posed by the existence and nature of weapons. From this the idea of determining or controlling or reducing or reducing the range of weapons is sound. Disarmament efforts are made not to fulfill the artistic hope of a complete end to the war, but to prevent surprise and sudden attacks. The basic objective of disarmament is not necessarily to disarm. Its goal is to reduce the effect of the weapons (weapons) that are present in the present time. Defining disarmament, the famous scholar Margenthau has written -"Disarmament is the reduction or elimination of some or all of the weapons".It has to be done so that the competition (race) related to arms comes to an end. types of disarmament According to Margenthau, two basic distinctions must be kept in mind when considering disarmament, they are the distinction between general and local disarmament and the distinction between quantitative and qualitative disarmament.Disarmament Conference.Local disarmament refers to one involving a limited number of nations such as the Rush-Ba-got Agreement between the US and Canada (1871)Quantitative disarmament aims at total reduction in all types of weapons.Qualitative disarmament involves the reduction or elimination of only specific types of weapons.Conventional disarmament refers to the boycott or reduction of conventional weapons.Mass disarmament is also called complete or total disarmament. Complete or comprehensive disarmament means ultimately bringing about a world order in which all human and material means of waging war have been abolished. In such a world order, there would be no weapons of any kind and the armies would be completely disbanded. Military training centers, Ministry of War, factories making military equipment etc. will also be closed.In short, disarmament can be general as well as local, quantitative as well as qualitative, unilateral as well as complete bilateral.
