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 of America
surface form: United States
dateProposed 1946
differsFrom Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 M. Baruch
surface form: Bernard Baruch
opposedBy Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
policyContext early Cold War
post–World War II nuclear diplomacy
presentedAt United Nations
presentedBy Bernard M. Baruch
surface form: Bernard Baruch
presentedTo United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
proposedBy United States of America
surface form: 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 United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
surface form: 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 Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Acheson–Lilienthal Report by insisting on strong enforcement measures