Protest Against The Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament

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In the past century, the introduction and use of nuclear weapons have taken place, and the possibility of nuclear war has increased since then. Nuclear disarmament, which is the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons, would ensure the safety of more human lives because it would lessen the probability of nuclear war occurring. A world without nuclear weapons would be a far safer place than one with said weapons. Even before the creation of nuclear weapons, attempts to reduce or abolish military forces or weapons of a nation existed worldwide. Following the first World War, the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations represented international efforts at disarmament. During the World Disarmament Conference, member …show more content…

The world saw the power of nuclear weapons and vast destruction that the bombs could cause, and they saw how many lives that the bombs could take, with approximately one hundred and fifty thousand lives lost and ninety-four thousand people injured. Soon after, the anti-nuclear weapons movement grew rapidly when many people agreed that atom bombs "encapsulated the very worst direction in which society was moving" (Falk). In the wake of widespread fear of nuclear war, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) was founded in 1957. As a result, protests against the use of nuclear weapons were held by members of the …show more content…

Though while the United States are reducing the role of nuclear weapons in its national security, countries such as Russia, who has added 40 new intercontinental nuclear missiles to their arsenal, are increasing it. The presence of rogue nuclear powers such as North Korea and potentially Iran, and growing tensions between nuclear powers, as well as treaty violations, are making the need for nuclear disarmament has