Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy

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The Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy was a 1946 U.S. proposal to place all nuclear activities under international oversight to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation and promote peaceful uses of atomic energy.

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instanceOf United States foreign policy initiative ⓘ
arms control proposal ⓘ
international nuclear control proposal ⓘ
aimedTo establish international control of atomic energy ⓘ
prevent a nuclear arms race ⓘ
prevent nuclear weapons proliferation ⓘ
promote peaceful uses of atomic energy ⓘ
basedOn Acheson–Lilienthal Report ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dateProposed 1946 ⓘ
differsFrom Acheson–Lilienthal Report by insisting on strong enforcement measures ⓘ
Acheson–Lilienthal Report by limiting veto power in enforcement ⓘ
historicalSignificance early attempt to place atomic energy under international authority ⓘ
first major postwar proposal for global nuclear governance ⓘ
includedProvision gradual elimination of national nuclear weapons ⓘ
inspection system without veto ⓘ
international ownership of all dangerous nuclear activities ⓘ
no veto power over enforcement actions in the UN Security Council ⓘ
sanctions for violations of nuclear control rules ⓘ
influenced development of later international nuclear regimes ⓘ
subsequent nuclear arms control debates ⓘ
language English ⓘ
namedAfter Bernard Baruch ⓘ
linked to: Bernard M. Baruch
opposedBy Andrei Gromyko ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
policyContext early Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II nuclear diplomacy ⓘ
presentedAt United Nations ⓘ
presentedBy Bernard Baruch ⓘ
linked to: Bernard M. Baruch
presentedTo United Nations Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
proposedBy United States ⓘ
proposedCondition no new nuclear weapons to be manufactured once system in place ⓘ
states must disclose and transfer nuclear facilities to international authority ⓘ
proposedCreationOf International Atomic Development Authority ⓘ
international agency with monopoly over dangerous nuclear activities ⓘ
proposedInternationalControlOf all stages of the nuclear fuel cycle ⓘ
nuclear fuel production ⓘ
operation of nuclear facilities ⓘ
research related to nuclear explosives ⓘ
uranium mining ⓘ
uranium processing ⓘ
relatedTo International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
arms control ⓘ
nuclear non-proliferation ⓘ
resultedIn failure to achieve early international control of atomic energy ⓘ
status not adopted ⓘ
rejected by the Soviet Union ⓘ
year 1946 ⓘ

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Bernard M. Baruch → notableWork → Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy ⓘ
Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy → differsFrom → Acheson–Lilienthal Report by insisting on strong enforcement measures ⓘ
linked to: Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy