World Disarmament Conference

(noun)

A conference attended by member states of the League of Nations, together with the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and organized to actualize the ideology of disarmament. It took place in Geneva, with representatives from 60 states, between 1932 and 1934. It failed to achieve its stated goal. 

Related Terms

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact
  • Washington Naval Conference
  • Spirit of Locarno
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • League of Nations

Examples of World Disarmament Conference in the following topics:

  • Attempts at Disarmament

    • The Washington Naval Conference, also called the Washington Arms Conference or the Washington Disarmament Conference, was a military conference called by President Warren G.
    • It was the first international conference held in the United States and the first disarmament conference in history.
    • The League Covenant assigned the League the task of creating a disarmament plan for each state, but the Council devolved this responsibility to a special commission set up in 1926 to prepare for the 1932–34 World Disarmament Conference.
    • The World Disarmament Conference was an effort by member states of the League of Nations, together with the U.S. and the Soviet Union, to actualize the ideology of disarmament.
    • Summarize the treaties resulting from the Washington Naval Conference, the Spirit of Locarno, and the World Disarmament Conference and reasons for their ultimate failure.
  • War Debts and Reparations

    • World War I reparations were compensation imposed during the Paris Peace Conference upon the Central Powers following their defeat in World War I by the Allied and Associate Powers.
    • On 16 June, the Lausanne Conference opened.
    • However, discussions were complicated by the ongoing World Disarmament Conference.
    • At the latter conference, the US informed the British and French that they would not be allowed to default on their war debts.
    • Describe Germany's reparations following World War I, including the Dawes and Young Plans, and their effect on the German economy.
  • The Tehran Conference

  • The Yalta Conference

  • The Potsdam Conference

  • The "New World Order"

    • Bush used the term "New World Order" to try to define the nature of the post-Cold War era.
    • The term "new world order" has been used to refer to any new period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power.
    • At first, the new world order dealt almost exclusively with nuclear disarmament and security arrangements.
    • The Malta Conference collected these various expectations, and they were fleshed out in more detail by the press.
    • The Malta Conference on December 2–3, 1989 reinvigorated discussion of the new world order.
  • The League of Nations

    • The League of Nations, created by the Treaty of Versailles following World War I, was an organization formed to promote diplomacy and preserve world peace.
    • The League of Nations was an international, governmental organization founded through negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which officially brought an end to the First World War.
    • Its primary goals included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament, and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
    • Anti-war sentiment rose across the world following the First World War, which was described as "the war to end all wars."
    • The Paris Peace Conference approved the proposal to create the League of Nations in January 1919, and the league was established by Part I of the Treaty of Versailles.
  • "The General Act of the Conference"

  • Diplomatic Goals at the Paris Peace Conference

  • The Rise of Japan

    • In 1919, Japan proposed a clause on racial equality to be included in the League of Nations Covenant at the Paris Peace Conference.
    • The clause was rejected by several Western countries and was not forwarded for larger discussion at the full meeting of the conference.
    • In response to post-World war I disarmament efforts, a movement opposing the idea of limiting the size of Japanese military grew within the junior officer corps.
    • In a September 23 news conference, Araki first mentioned the philosophy of "Kōdōha."
    • Analyze the rise of Japan as a world power and a fascist power
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