22 U.S.C. § 261 — Policy as to settlement of disputes and disarmament

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It is U.S. policy to settle international disputes through mediation or arbitration instead of war. The United States is uneasy about a worldwide arms buildup. Still, it recognizes that no country can disarm alone. So every major power must keep some relative military strength.

This section declares it U.S. policy to resolve its international disputes through mediation or arbitration, so that war can be honorably avoided. The United States views a general worldwide buildup of arms with concern and disapproval. But it also recognizes that no single nation can disarm on its own, and that without a shared agreement on the subject, every major power must keep a military strength comparable to others.

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It is declared to be the policy of the United States to adjust and settle its international disputes through mediation or arbitration, to the end that war may be honorably avoided. It looks with apprehension and disfavor upon a general increase of armament throughout the world, but it realizes that no single nation can disarm, and that without a common agreement upon the subject every considerable power must maintain a relative standing in military strength.

Source credit: (Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 618.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1916Enacted · Act of Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417 · 39 Stat. 618

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