Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:24:36 -0400
UN gun control, Agenda-5 (7277 is NOW)
Check out <http://www.NRA.Org> for statement by Tanya K. Metaksa the Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action to the Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Seventh Session Vienna, Austria on April 27, 1998 regarding Agenda Item 5: Criminal Justice Reform and Strengthening of Legal Institutions
Measures to Regulate Firearms
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This is an actual verbatim copy of a State Department document that outlines control to be given to UN.
Please read and note in particular Sec. III of the document. The UN is proceeding full speed ahead with
trying to take political control of our country, our firearms, and our children. Please post if you feel
helpful to the list members.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 7277
September 1961 US Department of State
FREEDOM FROM WAR
THE UNITED STATES PROGRAM FOR GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT IN A
PEACEFUL WORLD
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 7277
Disarmament Series 5
Released September 1961
Office of Public Services
BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
INTRODUCTION
The revolutionary development of modern weapons within a world divided by serious ideological differences has produced a crisis in human history. In order to overcome the danger of nuclear war now confronting mankind, the United States has introduced at the Sixteenth General Assembly of the United Nations a Program for General and Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World.
This new program provides for the progressive reduction of the war-making capabilities of nations and the simultaneous strengthening of international institutions to settle disputes and maintain the peace. It sets forth a series of comprehensive measures which can and should be taken in order to bring about a world in which there will be freedom from war and security for all states. It is based on three principles deemed essential to the achievement of practical progress in the disarmament field:
First, there must be immediate disarmament action:
A strenuous and uninterrupted effort must be made toward the goal of general and complete disarmament; at the same time, it is important that specific measures be put into effect as soon as possible.
Second, all disarmament obligations must be subject to effective international controls:
The control organization must have the manpower, facilities, and effectiveness to assure that limitations or reductions take place as agreed. It must also be able to certify to all states that retained forces and armaments do not exceed those permitted at any stage of the disarmament process.
Third, adequate peace-keeping machinery must be established:
There is an inseparable relationship between the scaling down of national armaments on the one hand
and the building up of international peace-keeping machinery and institutions on the other. Nations are
unlikely to shed their means of self-protection in the absence of alternative ways to safeguard their
legitimate interests. This can only be achieved through the progressive strengthening of international
institutions under the United Nations and by creating a United Nations Peace Force to enforce the
peace as the disarmament process proceeds.
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There follows a summary of the principal provisions of the United States Program for General and
Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World. The full text of the program is contained in an appendix to
this pamphlet.
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FREEDOM FROM WAR
THE UNITED STATES PROGRAM FOR GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT IN A PEACEFUL WORLD
SUMMARY DISARMAMENT GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
The over-all goal of the United States is a free, secure, and peaceful world of independent states adhering to common standards of justice and international conduct and subjecting the use of force to the rule of law; a world which has achieved general and complete disarmament under effective international control; and a world in which adjustment to change takes place in accordance with the principles of the United Nations.
In order to make possible the achievement of that goal, the program sets forth the following specific objectives toward which nations should direct their efforts:
The disbanding of all national armed forces and the prohibition of their reestablishment in any form whatsoever other than those required to preserve internal order and for contributions to a United Nations Peace Force;
The elimination from national arsenals of all armaments, including all weapons of mass destruction and the means for their delivery, other than those required for a United Nations Peace Force and for maintaining internal order;
The institution of effective means for the enforcement of international agreements, and for the maintenance of peace in accordance with the principles of the United Nations;
The establishment and effective operation of an International Disarmament Organization within the framework of the United Nations to insure compliance at all times with all disarmament obligations.
TASK OF NEGOTIATING STATES
The negotiating states are called upon to develop the program into a detailed plan for general and
complete disarmament and to continue their efforts without interruption until the whole program has
been achieved. To this end, they are to seek the widest possible area of agreement at the earliest
possible date. At the same time, and without prejudice to progress on the disarmament program, they
are to seek agreement on those immediate measures that would contribute to the common security of
nations and that could facilitate and form port of the total program.
GOVERNING PRINCIPLES
The program sets forth a series of general principles to guide the negotiating states in their work.
These make clear that:
As states relinquish their arms, the United Nations must be progressively strengthened in order to improve its capacity to assure international security and the peaceful settlement of disputes;
Disarmament must proceed as rapidly as possible, until it is completed, in stages containing balanced, phased, and safeguarded measures;
Each measure and stage should be carried out in an agreed period of time, with transition from one stage to the next to take place as soon as all measures in the preceding stage have been carried out and verified and as soon as necessary arrangements for verification of the next stage have been made;
Inspection and verification must establish both that nations carry out scheduled limitations or reductions and that they do not retain armed forces and armaments in excess of those permitted at any stage of the disarmament process; and Disarmament must take place in a manner that will not affect adversely the security of any state.
DISARMAMENT STAGES
The program provides for progressive disarmament steps to take place in three stages and for the
simultaneous strengthening of international institution.
FIRST STAGE
The first stage contains measures which would significantly reduce the capabilities of nations to wage
aggressive war.