IT’S ALL IN THE WORDING
PESTICIDES 1
United States disarmament proposal presented to the UN
General Assembly 25 September, 1961.
“Chemical Biological Radiological Warfare:
The States shall reaffirm their obligations under the U.N.
Charter to refrain from the threat or use of any type of armed force –
including nuclear, conventional, or C.B.R. – contrary to the principles of the
U.N. Charter.”
PRIOR
In September 1960 the U.S.S.R. “ wants complete prohibition
of chemical, biological, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction in Stage
2.”
“The U.S. wants verifiable reduction of chemical,
biological, radiological warfare in Stage 1 and further reduction in Stage 2.”
“ The U.S. provides for removal of arms, to be destroyed,
from each country to an agreed depot and at the agreed depot these weapons of
mass destruction be destroyed.”
PART III
Second Stage of General and Complete Disarmament
Chapter 5 – Elimination of Chemical, Biological and
Radiological Weapons
ONE: There shall be eliminated from the arsenals of states,
and destroyed (neutralized), all kinds of chemicals, biological and
radiological weapons, whether directly attached to the troops or stored in
various depots and storage places.
Simultaneously, all instruments and facilities for combat
use of such weapons, as well as all special devices and facilities for their
storage and conservation, shall be destroyed.
TWO: The manufacture of all kinds of chemical, biological
and radiological weapons and of all means
and devices for their combat use,
transportation and storage shall be completely discontinued. All plants, installations and laboratories
that are wholly or in part engaged in the manufacture of such weapons shall be
destroyed or converted to peaceful
production.
The above was taken from:
“The Story of Disarmament 1945-1962”
By: Disarmament Committee of the Washington D.C. Women
Strike For Peace -July 1962
Martha Dudley; Janice Holland; Miriam Levin and Gretchen
Shaw
Al Gore, OUR CHOICE – A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
Rodale Inc., Emmaus,
PA , 2009
Page 203 – “ After WWII – Chemical weapons stocks were converted en masse into herbicides.”
