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  2. Civil war often involves high degrees of communal violence, and this poses a particular challenge for fighters who may have joined armed groups that committed violent acts in the ex-combatants' communities. Even if the individual ex-combatant in question did not commit violent acts against their own community, they may still face difficulties ...

  3. Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961 - Wikipedia

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    The Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2551, was created to establish a governing body for the control and reduction of apocalyptic armaments with regards to protect a world from the burdens of armaments and the scourge of war. The Act was passed by the 87th Congress and signed by the President John F. Kennedy on September ...

  4. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

  5. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was established by the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, Pub. L. 87–297, 75 Stat. 631, enacted September 26, 1961. [1] The H.R. 9118 bill was drafted by presidential adviser John J. McCloy. [2] [3] Its predecessor was the U.S. Disarmament Administration, part of the U.S. Department of State (1960–61).

  6. Disarmament - Wikipedia

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    Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction , such as nuclear arms .

  7. Arms control - Wikipedia

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    Arms control treaties and agreements are often seen as a way to avoid costly arms races which could prove counter-productive to national aims and future peace. [3] Some are used as ways to stop the spread of certain military technologies (such as nuclear weaponry or missile technology) in return for assurances to potential developers that they will not be victims of those technologies.

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    Both Quizlet and Slader operate under a freemium business model, and the two are figuring out what a full integration will look like and may adjust pricing. "We help people focus their time and ...

  9. Small arms and light weapons - Wikipedia

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    According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the international framework on firearms is composed of three main instruments: the Firearms Protocol, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Programme of Action, or PoA) and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify ...