Economic and social consequences of disarmament

During 1970, both the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly discussed the economic and social consequences of disarmament and the transfer to peaceful uses of the resources released by disarmament. In those discussions, reference was often made to the 1962 report of the Secretary-General on the Economic and Social Consequences of Disarmament, which had concluded that “ the diversion to peaceful purposes of the resources now in military use could be accomplished to the benefit of all countries and lead to the improvement of world economic and social conditions.”

Related Subject(s): Disarmament