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DEMILITARISATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Materiel Management
  • Security
DEF

The act of removing or otherwise nullifying the military potential of an item prior to its release into a non-military setting.

OBS

The demilitarization requirement, method and criteria must be recorded on a demilitarization certificate.

OBS

demilitarization: term and definition officially approved by the Ammunition & Explosives Terminology Panel, the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

Key term(s)
  • demilitarisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
  • Sécurité
DEF

Action d'enlever ou d'éliminer le potentiel militaire d'un article avant son transfert à un milieu non militaire.

OBS

L'exigence, la méthode et les critères de démilitarisation doivent être consignés sur un certificat de démilitarisation.

OBS

démilitarisation : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie des explosifs et munitions, par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
CONT

Demilitarization. A zone or territory is said to be demilitarized when two or more States agree by treaty not to fortify it with the end in view of preventing war. A notable example of this was the case of Germany: the treaty of Versailles of 1919 which ended the First World War provided that «all fortified works, fortresses and field works, situated in German territory to the west of a line drawn fifty kilometers to the east of the Rhine, shall be disarmed and dismantled.» The obligation not to fortify is a form of negative servitude.

CONT

demilitarization of weapons, agents

OBS

Term and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Mesure de sûreté, prévue par un traité, qui interdit toute présence ou activité militaire dans une zone déterminée.

CONT

démilitarisation d'armes, d'agents

OBS

Terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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