The United Nations and the Quest for Nuclear Disarmament

Part 1 The first years - a missed opportunity for UN: disarmament and the charter; the nuclear question in the UN. Part 2 Disarmament as a Cold-War issue (1950-1959): disarmament negotiations in a divided world organization; the UN misled; its disarmament policy in the wrong direction; disarmament as an issue for propaganda warfare; the evolution of the UN policy. Part 3 The attainment of a broad consensus (1960-1968): the 18 National Disarmament Committee; the decentralization of the negotiating process; the pursuit of the arms control measures as the predominant policy; the Partial Test Ban Treaty; the negotiation of the NPT; a two step process. Part 4 A retreat from the consensus (1969-1977): a strategic dilemma for the UN; the restructuring process; phase two of the restructuring process. Part 6 Conclusions and recommendations: the final document of the first special session on disarmament.