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The UN Role in Facilitating Regional Nuclear-Free and Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zones

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Regional nuclear weapon-free zones (NWFZs) have now successfully denuclearized more than half the globe’s surface, including almost all of the Southern Hemisphere, at least in relation to regional acquisition of nuclear weapons and land-based stationing by nuclear weapon powers.

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Hamel-Green, M. (1998). The UN Role in Facilitating Regional Nuclear-Free and Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zones. In: Paolini, A.J., Jarvis, A.P., Reus-Smit, C. (eds) Between Sovereignty and Global Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14342-9_6

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