disarmament agreement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdisarmamentandagreement
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disarmament
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈsɑː.mə.mənt/us/dɪˈsɑːr.mə.mənt/
the act of taking away or giving ...
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agreement
noun
uk/əˈɡriː.mənt/us/əˈɡriː.mənt/
the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or ...
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I indicated in the foreign affairs debate that we had in mind the possibility of a partialdisarmamentagreement.
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We must continue to work for a worlddisarmamentagreement.
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We shall still seek an agreement to limit tests, and we do not insist that it should form part of a generaldisarmamentagreement.
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We have throughout been anxious to do all we can to achieve adisarmamentagreement.
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But we must go on trying and trying and trying again to get people round a table on a multilateraldisarmamentagreement.
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Are we to hold up a general comprehensivedisarmamentagreementad infinitumon that ground?
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Nothing is more likely to lead to war than for us to sign adisarmamentagreement.
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I do not suggest that there could be a realdisarmamentagreementwithout removing some of the causes of friction.
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Every time there is a war one's mind turns to a regionaldisarmamentagreementor a regional arms trade agreement.
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This fear would be damped down by adisarmamentagreementwhich included inspection and control.
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The task of reaching a comprehensivedisarmamentagreementcan never be an easy one.
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They have never said a word about verification; and that is essential in any disarmament obligation undertaken in adisarmamentagreement.
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It is greatly to be rejoiced over and to be remembered for the future as one of the conditions of successfuldisarmamentagreement.
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Nodisarmamentagreementis going to reduce it below the level of overkill.
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The true defence of this country must include a determination to get adisarmamentagreementand an effort to create an international force.
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It means that we would see whether we could make proposals for limiting tests even outside a generaldisarmamentagreement.
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I should like to know, for example, what is meant by the term "impulse towards" a generaldisarmamentagreement.
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Under these proposals, a temporary cessation of nuclear tests would form part of a first-stagedisarmamentagreement.
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That is more likely if all continue to be nuclear powers, which, pending some worlddisarmamentagreement, we must unfortunately regard as probable.
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At the appropriate stage, a substantial and adequately armed military force should be established, to prevent aggression and enforce the observance of thedisarmamentagreement.
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Surely a beginning could be made with this vital project without waiting for adisarmamentagreement?
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We should be happy indeed if adisarmamentagreementcould be worked out.
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Adisarmamentagreementwhich did not remove the anxiety and danger of war would be useless or worse than useless.
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In our proposals for partialdisarmamentagreementwe have suggested the suspension of nuclear tests for a total of two years.
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The least would be that every country joining thedisarmamentagreementwould have to submit to fairly strict international inspection.
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We have not secured one smalldisarmamentagreementduring the past ten years.
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It would not be useful to prepare specific plans at least until the shape of adisarmamentagreementis known.
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I do not believe that is the way to negotiate, to get adisarmamentagreementor to reduce international tension.
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I do, however, want to make absolutely clear that our objective is still a comprehensivedisarmamentagreement.
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Today, in the absence of an overall comprehensive and controllabledisarmamentagreement, the thermonuclear deterrent is widely accepted as the prime instrument of world security.
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