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The Conference on Disarmament
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The Single Multilateral Disarmament
Negotiating Body of the International
Community

ARTICLE
WRITTEN BY MR. PETROVSKY
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL
FOR THE HARVARD JOURNAL OF WORLD AFFAIRS
JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

22 November 1994

Predecessors of the Conference on Disarmament
T he United Nations role in disarmament was established by its

Charter in its Preamble, which expressed the determination of all
Members of the World Organization to save succeeding genera-
tions from the scourge of war. It was later developed in Article XI and subse-
quently by the General Assembly. In order to achieve that purpose, the United
Nations has been involved in disarmament negotiations since its establishment
in 1945, and has used а variety of methods and approaches. Ву its first resolu-
tion, resolution 1 (I), adopted on 24 January 1946, the General Assembly

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Geneva is the unique seat of the Conference on Disarmament, this illustrative and
comprehensive article shows activities undertaken within the Conference on
Disarmament in Geneva International.

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