Publicado por The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, 2006
ISBN 10: 9138225824 ISBN 13: 9789138225820
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Publicado por Weapons Of Mass Destruction Commission, 2006
ISBN 10: 9138225824 ISBN 13: 9789138225820
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Publicado por United Nations, 2006
ISBN 10: 9138225824 ISBN 13: 9789138225820
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Miembro de asociación: ILAB
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Publicado por Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), 2006
ISBN 10: 9138225824 ISBN 13: 9789138225820
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Publicado por The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006
ISBN 10: 9138225824 ISBN 13: 9789138225820
Librería: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Trade paperback. Condición: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 227, [1] pages. Boxes. Abbreviations. Index. The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) is established on an initiative by the late Foreign Minister of Sweden, Anna Lindh, acting on a proposal by then United Nations Under-Secretary-General Dhanapala. The Swedish Government invited Hans Blix to set up and chair the Commission. He presented the composition of the Commission to the public on 16 December 2003 and explained what he saw were major tasks for it. The Commission commenced its work against the background of more than a half-century's striving for non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament of weapons of mass destruction. While there has been much success and progress, there have been many difficulties and disappointments in recent years. The technical evolution and the access to knowledge have also reduced some barriers to the acquisition of weapons. The report of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission with the proposals on how to reduce as far as possible the dangers of weapons of mass destruction was presented to the UN Secretary-General and the international community on 1 June 2006. Nuclear, biological and chemical arms are the most inhumane of all weapons. They are rightly called weapons of mass destruction and weapons of terror. Designed to terrify as well as destroy, these weapons can, in the hands of either states or terrorists, cause destruction on a vastly greater scale than any conventional weapons. They have the potential to kill thousands and thousands of people in a single attack, and their effects may persist in the environment and in our bodies, in some cases indefinitely. So long as any state has such weapons -- especially nuclear arms -- others will want them. So long as any such weapons remain in any state's arsenal, there is a risk that they will one day be used, by design or accident. Any such use would be catastrophic. In this report, the independent Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, chaired by Dr. Hans Blix, confronts this global challenge and presents 60 recommendations on what the world community -- national governments and civil society -- can and should do.