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The article offers information on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between negotiators of the U.S. and the Soviet Union related to disarmament held in Helsinki, Finland and Vienna, Austria. It informs that the SALT began in December 1969. It is stated that the only thing which negotiators from both sides have agreed is the improvement of the hot line between Washington(D.C.)and Moscow, Russia. It says that the U.S. has proposed a flat limit on the number of nuclear delivery systems.

Information about the topics discussed during the international conference on disarmament that was held in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland is presented. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk revealed to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and other delegates the decision of the U.S. not to withdraw its armed forces in West Berlin and to pursue war. Few neutral leaders recognized the dangers posed by an inefficient disarmament program.

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.

Information about the topics discussed during the international conference on disarmament that was held in Geneva, Switzerland in March 1962 is presented. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko argued that inspection was not needed because the U.S. can detect possible nuclear blasts using modern instruments. British Foreign Secretary Lord Home assured the absolute minimum verification while U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk proposed a plan to diminish the Russian fear of inspection.

Information about the meeting of heads of state in Geneva, Switzerland is presented. Chairman of the event Marian Naszkowski has brought the meeting to order. Soviet representative Valerian Zori has pushed the Russians' new disarmament plan. Britain's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs David Orms-by-Gore has reopened the meeting to allow U.S. Delegate Frederick Eaton to read the new Western disarmament plan.

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.

A calendar of events on arms control from January to May 2014 is presented including Conference on Disarmament: Part I in Geneva, Switzerland, Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Nayarit, Mexico, and Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, The Netherlands.

The article offers information on meetings from December 2, 2013 to February 14, 2014 including the Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Mexico, the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland and the Meeting of states-parties to the Biological Weapons Convention.

A calendar of events related to nuclear weapons from May to June 2013 is presented including the second part of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland, the 12th regular meeting regarding Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation in Vienna, Austria, and the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting in Praque, Czech Republic.

Information on the all-party parliamentary convention regarding the disarmament of nuclear weapons held in the Parliament Building in Ottawa, Ontario on December 5, 2011 is presented. Topics include the motion passed by the House of Commons concerning the negotiations for a convention on nuclear weapons, the launch of a diplomatic initiative, and elimination of nuclear weapons. The convention featured several parliamentary officials including Scott Armstrong, John McKay, and Ellen Michelson.