Conference on Disarmament Flashcards

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____ is billed as the world’s single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations.

A

Conference on Disarmament

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Who is named chair of UN disarmament conference 2022?

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North Korea

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___m is a proposed international agreement that prohibits the production of two main components of nuclear weapons: highly-enriched Uranium and Plutonium.

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Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT)

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___ is a United Nations commission under the United Nations General Assembly which primarily deals with issues relating to Disarmament.

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United Nations Disarmament Commission
* Founded: 11 January 1952
* Headquarters location: New York, New York, United States
* Head: Han Tae-song; (2022 session)

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5
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Older name

A

Committee on Disarmament

was first established in 1979

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6
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It was renamed the Conference on Disarmament in

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1984

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The Conference was created with a permanent agenda, also known as the

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“Decalogue”

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Who serves as the Secretary-General of the Conference?

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Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Tatiana Valovaya

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___ is an international organization established by the Chemical Weapons Convention, 1997 to implement and enforce the terms of the non-proliferation treaty, which prohibits the use, stockpiling, or transfer of chemical weapons by signatory states.

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

> > Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands
Founded: 29 April 1997
Director General: Fernando Arias

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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force in ___

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1997

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11
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The organisation was awarded the (?) Nobel ____ Prize “for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”

A

2013 , Peace

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Who has been chosen as the external auditor by the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for a three-year term starting 2021?

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India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)

Girish Chandra Murmu

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____ is the governing body of the OPCW.

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Executive Council

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