Disarmament control

Disarmament control refers to the review of the agreed reduction in military equipment or capabilities by an external organization or another state. It is explicitly about the control of contractually agreed disarmament. This involves nuclear, biological and chemical armaments, as well as conventional armaments, such as B. in the INF contract . There it is agreed not only which weapons stocks should be reduced by how much, but also what the controls on disarmament should look like.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is responsible for disarmament controls in the area of ​​nuclear weapons and materials suitable for nuclear weapons .

In the field of chemical weapons, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is responsible.

In Germany, the Bundeswehr's verification center in Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, is responsible for controls.

See also

• Arms control
• Zero solution
• Geneva Disarmament Conference

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian aircraft checks disarmament in Germany. April 20, 2011, accessed May 15, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Munich Security Conference: Start contract between Russia and USA in force - USA. FOCUS Online, February 5, 2011, accessed on May 15, 2014 . 
3. ↑ What is arms control? (No longer available online.) Armscontrol.de, archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; accessed on May 15, 2014 .