TY - ADVS
T1 - The Aiken Factor: Ireland and the Invention of Nuclear Non-Proliferation
AU - O'Driscoll, Mervyn
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - Aiken’s tenacity in securing the “Irish Resolutions” – UN General Assembly Resolution 1380 (XIV) in 1959, Resolution 1576 (XV) in 1960 and Resolution 1665 (XVI) in 1961 – was exceptional. These resolutions classified the spread of nuclear weapons as an urgent international issue possessing the potential to multiply strategic tensions amid the Cold War and decolonization. Acknowledging the impasse on nuclear disarmament, Aiken felt compelled to put forward a realistic first step for global survival.
This blog introduces Aiken's and Ireland's role in putting forward a working proposal for nuclear non-proliferation at the UN, using rare primary Irish offiical documents.
AB - Aiken’s tenacity in securing the “Irish Resolutions” – UN General Assembly Resolution 1380 (XIV) in 1959, Resolution 1576 (XV) in 1960 and Resolution 1665 (XVI) in 1961 – was exceptional. These resolutions classified the spread of nuclear weapons as an urgent international issue possessing the potential to multiply strategic tensions amid the Cold War and decolonization. Acknowledging the impasse on nuclear disarmament, Aiken felt compelled to put forward a realistic first step for global survival.
This blog introduces Aiken's and Ireland's role in putting forward a working proposal for nuclear non-proliferation at the UN, using rare primary Irish offiical documents.
UR - https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/aiken-factor-ireland-and-invention-nuclear-non-proliferation
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