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United Nations Report on Military Expenditures

October 24, 2016 | Drafted by ADMIN
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A child and a man sell baked goods in Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Rami Zayat

ver the past century, Governments have tried finding ways in order to come to agreed reductions in military expenditures, or at least to be open about how much countries spend on their military. They did so in the League of Nations, and later in the UN. Early proposals in the UN focused on reducing expenditures of militarily important States, freeing up funds for development aid. Such proposals proved unfeasible. However, they did prompt the General Assembly to develop, in 1981, the UN Stand