GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD ORGANISATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these organizations was initially set up as ‘Atoms for Peace’ organization in 1957?
A
Greenpeace
B
World Nuclear Association
C
International Atomic Energy Agency
D
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The IAEA is the world’s centre for cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world’s “Atoms for Peace” organization in 1957 within the United Nations family.

Detailed explanation-2: -The “Atoms for Peace” program opened up nuclear research to civilians and countries that had not previously possessed nuclear technology. Eisenhower argued for a nonproliferation agreement throughout the world and argued for a stop of the spread of military use of nuclear weapons.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the press conference following the signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., President Eisenhower evoked his address to the UN General Assembly in December 1953, at which he had proposed to establish the IAEA.

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