Disarmament and arms control processes and policies are more effective when the realities faced by women, men girls and boys are taken into consideration.The READ model for disarmament is typical of these scenarios. -UN

It is a 12 year program, divided into 3 year stages. Each stage includes a separate phase of: reduction of armed forces; cutbacks of weapons production, inventories & foreign military bases; development of international inspection procedures & control conventions; & the building up of a sovereign international disarmament organization........1. Given genuine agreement of intent among the great powers, the scheduling of arms control & elimination presents no inherently insurmountable procedural problems. Any of several proposed sequences might serve as the basis for multilateral agreement or the 1st step in unilateral arms reduction. listen for 2 & 3 disarmament scenarios.....

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