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Information about several hightlights of the summit meeting on disarmament issues in Geneva, Switzerland is presented. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower learned the effort of the West and the East to come up with a workable way to survive in the H-bomb age. Geneva convinced Eisenhower on the plan of Moscow to restrain Red China from reckless adventures. All disarmament proposals were passed on to the permanent disarmament committee of the United Nations.

Information about the Strategy for Peace Conference held in Harriman, New York on June 11, 1960 is presented. Improvement of disarmament policy is discussed as technological revolution for weapons has threatened national security of Western societies. Investments amounting to 100 million dollars for arms control contracts are being planned by the Defense Department.

The article reports on the arms equality demanded by the Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler in October 1933, who threatened to leave the League of Nations and walked out of the Disarmament Conference. It says that the moves of Germany sent German bonds down and created a demand for munitions stocks. According to the author, it is generally felt abroad that Hitler planned the move as part of a domestic strategy. The informal negotiations encouraged by Premier Benito Mussolini are also discussed.

Interviews Ambassador Robert T. Grey, Jr. about the issues discussed at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament. Why the conference is still deadlocked and has not agreed on a work program since 1998; Reason for United States' lack of support for negotiations on the prevention of an arms race in outer space; Why Grey described the pursuit of negotiations on an arms race in outer space as unwise and unrealistic.

Interviews Ambassador Robert T. Grey, Jr., the United States (US) representative to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) in October 1997 about CD. Reasons for the success of CD in 1997; Effect of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests on the conference; Position of the US regarding the fissile material treaty.

Focuses on the Eighteen National Disarmament Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. Information on two treaties discussed in the event, including a pact that would ban underground nuclear testing; Goal of the conference; Impact of the potential results of the conference on relationships among nations of the world.

Presents the position of nuclear powers America, Britain, France and Russia on the nuclear test ban treaty to be discussed at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Hydronuclear experiments by weapons scientists; Secret tests at Los Alamos and British nuclear weapons laboratory; Jason report and Los Alamos report on nuclear tests published by US; Possibility of hydronuclear experiments by nuclear nations.

The article provides an outlook for international affairs of interest to the business community in 1950. The U.S. State Department is reportedly planning to remove all speculation about the possibility of a world disarmament conference. London, England and Paris, France are said to be concerned about U.S. aid for southeast Asia. The British Labor party is targeting the middle-class vote in its campaign.

The article reports on the efforts of Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev to encourage U.S. President John F. Kennedy to make a summit in 1962 out of the 18-nation disarmament negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. Although Kennedy rejected the proposal for making the summit, he also informs Khrushchev he would personally attend the disarmament conference unless and until their is a real progress that has been developed. The author cites the possibility that the Soviet Primier may try to persuade Kennedy to go to Geneva.

The article presents business-related updates as of March 1932 including the difficulties facing the Disarmament Conference at Geneva, Switzerland, the peace negotiation between China and Japan and the world boycott on Japanese trade.

This section offers international news briefs on the business sector as of December 1927 including the Preparatory Disarmament conference in Genewa, Switzerland, the treaty between France and Yugoslavia to refrain from attacking or invading each other, and the Franco-German foreign trade treaty.

The world's attempts to control the spread of nuclear weapons just took a turn for the worse. At a crucial disarmament meeting in New York, 188 countries couldn't even agree what to talk about. After two weeks of talks, the preparatory committee for next year's review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended on May 7 with delegates unable to agree on an agenda. Most countries blame the U.S. and other nuclear weapons states for trying to sideline a commitment they made in 2000 to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. The U.S. accuses Iran of blocking agreement so as to avoid scrutiny of its nuclear intentions.

The author emphasizes that the United Nations (UN) Second Special Assembly on Disarmament forum, which will start in New York on June 6, 1982, is not expected to be of practical importance.

The article offers information on the two arms control talks in Geneva, Switzerland. It states that the U.S., Soviet Union, and Great Britain are making a real progress to conclude a treaty, wherein the Russians were assured by the U.S. that its nuclear explosions' projected series will be used only in perfecting the ways of small underground blast detection. It mentions that in the conference on general disarmament, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev unwrapped a package of disarmament proposals.

The discusses the foreign policy of the United States, including future disarmament conferences, the International Monetary and Economic Conference, and German war reparations.

This section offers international news briefs including the new U.S. plan on the reduction of world armaments as announced during the International Disarmament Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, and the possibility of failure of the European War Debt Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland to arrive at a satisfactory formula for settlement of the European war debt question.

The article presents an update on world issues related to politics and economics as of December 1930 on such topics as a session held by the Preparatory Disarmament Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, the state of foreign trade in Great Britain, and the agricultural industry in Germany.

The article presents international news briefs as of March 15, 1930, focusing on the disarmament conference In London, Great Britain, France's First Tardieu Cabinet, and Germany's economic indicators in January.

The article presents international business news briefs as of January 1, 1930, including a disarmament conference that will take place in London, Great Britain, on January 20, 1930, a decrease in British commodity prices, and data on the levels of iron production in Germany.

The article offers information on the free online conference on chemistry, disarmament, and education from May 6, 2016 to June 30, 2016 offered by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the American Chemical Society.

The article reports that the United Nations (UN) General Assembly has passed three resolutions to break the gridlock at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) regarding fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT). The CD failed to reach a consensus after Pakistan blocked the start of negotiations citing the need to address existing fissile stockpiles. One of the UN resolutions requests the Secretary General to produce a report on how to move forward on FMCT negotiation based on input from member states. INSET: Key UN Nuclear Disarmament Resolutions.

A calendar of events for the arms control community is shown including the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland from January 26 to April 1, 2016, ExchangeMonitor's Nuclear Deterrence Summit from February 16 to 19, 2016, and Meeting of G-7 Foreign Ministers from April 10 to 11, 2016.

Reports on the launch of a U.S. draft treaty to end production of the two essential ingredients for building nuclear weapons at the Conference on Disarmament held in Geneva, Switzerland. Efforts of former Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker to urge conference members to focus on negotiating a fissile material cutoff treaty; Disapproval of the U.S. verification position by other conference members; Comments from Indian Ambassador Jayant Prasad on the verification question.

Comments that the first weeks of the Conference on Disarmament's (CD) 2000 session proved a continuation of deadlock in 1999. Statement from United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan regarding the event; Observation of CD President, Austrian Ambassador Harald Kreid regarding the conference; What China stressed in its first statement to the 2000 conference.

A calendar of events related to arms control to be held during June-December 2015 is presented which includes the Generation Prague conference in Washington, D.C., the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Warsaw, Poland.

A calendar of events of relevance to the nuclear nonproliferation movement is presented which includes the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors from March 2 to 6, 2015 and the Civic society forum on the Conference on Disarmament on March 19.

The article discusses the Vienna, Austria disarmament conference that was held in December 2014.

A calendar of events for the global arms control and disarmament is presented, including the meeting of a group of government experts on a fissile material cutoff treaty on January 12-23, 2015 and the Conference in Disarmament on January 19-March 27, 2015, both to be held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Discusses the proceedings of the 1998 United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues held in Nagasaki, Japan on November 24. Theme of the conference; Topics presented by participating countries; Participation of survivors of the atomic bombing calling for a world without nuclear weapons.