Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms. General and Complete Disarmament was defined by the United Nations General Assembly as the elimination of all WMD, coupled with the “balanced reduction of armed forces and conventional armaments, based on the principle of undiminished security of the parties with a view to promoting or enhancing stability at a lower military level, taking into account the need of all States to protect their security.” History At the Hague Peace Conferences in 1899 and 1907 government delegations debated about disarmament and the creation of an international court with binding powers. The court was considered necessary because it was understood that nation-states could not disarm into a vacuum. After World War I revulsion at the futility and tremendous cost of the war was widespread. A commonly held belief was that the cause
El desarme es el acto de reducir, limitar o abolir las armas. El desarme generalmente se refiere al tipo militar o específico de armas de un país. El desarme se toma a menudo para significar la eliminación total de las armas de destrucción masiva, como las armas nucleares. El desarme general y completo fue definido por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas como la eliminación de todas las armas de destrucción masiva, junto con la "reducción equilibrada de las fuerzas armadas y los armamentos convencionales, basada en el principio de la seguridad sin disminuir de las partes con el fin de promover o mejorar la estabilidad en un nivel militar más bajo, teniendo en cuenta la necesidad de todos los Estados para proteger su seguridad".