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Civilian Disarmament.
The goal of UN disarmament programs is to take weapons away from private citizens as well as national militaries, giving the world body a monopoly of power.
Much of what the United Nations does and intends to do is clouded by double-talk, but its intentions regarding private firearms ownership are unmistakable. A prominent symbol of the UN's desire to disarm the world's civilian population is literally the first thing that visitors to the world body's headquarters will see upon entering the courtyard in front of the General Assembly building.
In 1986, the government of Luxembourg donated to the UN a sculpture entitled Disarmament that consists of a ...
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