United Nations and nuclear proliferation

This is the first attempt outside the United Nations to study the role of the United Nations in preventing nuclear prolifera tion. In this well- documented, lucidly written and concise monograph, one gets a gleeting glimpse of myriad blue prints to prevent the dissemination of nuclear weapons, such as the Baruch Plan, Gromyko Plan, Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) Tlatelolco Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation. Treaty (NPT), South Pacific Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty etc.

Complex issues like 'ban the bomb', international control and verification which are still major obstacles to genuine progress towards disarmament negotiations, have been candidly explained with commendable -objectivity.

The saga of the struggle of the nuclear have-nots, their many frustrations with the existing nuclear beliefs arbitra rily imposed by the nuclear haves and their aspiration for a just and universal nuclear world order, have been convinc ingly analysed in this book. The academic orientation of this study provides a refresh ing contrast to several UN publications.