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60 ways to leave your WMDs.


Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix Hans Martin Blix  (born 28 June, 1928 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish diplomat and politician. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978 - 1979). , now chair of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or  Commission in Sweden, presented the commission's report to world leaders in June. The report, titled "Weapons of Terror," puts forth 60 concrete steps for ridding the world of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, based on two years' work by leading experts. First presented to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, it was subsequently given to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Pope Benedict XVI Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , and the World Council of Churches to provide a concrete agenda for churches to use with their leadership statements against nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction.
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Title Annotation:DISARMAMENT; weapons of mass destruction
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Date:Sep 1, 2006
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