Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms. General and Complete Disarmament refers to the removal of all weaponry, including conventional arms.
Disarmament has also come to be associated with two things;
Nuclear Disarmament, referring to the elimination of nuclear weapon.
Unilateral Disarmament, the elimination of weapons outside of the framework of an international agreement.
Aims and Objectives of Disarmaments
To reduce or control the number of weapons held by the combatant forces before demobilization.
Reduction in the weapons possessed by, or available to, armed groups
Reduction in actual or to the threat of occurrence of an armed violence
Improvement in the perception of human security.
Public connection between the availability of weapons and armed violence.
To build awareness across the globe against arms race and lethal consequences related to it.
Development on tough laws and regime against the illegal use of the weapons.
Disarmament may be viewed as a form of demilitarization; part of an economic, political, technical, and military process to reduce and eliminate weapons systems. Thus, disarmament may be part of a set of other strategies, like economic conversion, which aim to reduce the power of war making institutions and associated constituencies.
Arms control is a term for restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. Arms control is typically exercised through the use of diplomacy which seeks to impose such limitations upon consenting participants through international treaties and agreements, although it may also comprise efforts by a nation or group of nations to enforce limitations