§ 261. — Policy as to settlement of disputes and disarmament.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
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January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC261]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
Sec. 261. Policy as to settlement of disputes and disarmament
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.
(Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 618.)
Short Title of 1977 Amendment
Section 1 of Pub. L. 95-118, as added by Pub. L. 97-35, title XIII,
Sec. 1361(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 745, provided that: ``This Act
[enacting sections 262c, 262d, 262e to 262g-3, 282i, 284n, 285s, 285t,
286e-1f, and 290g-10 of this title, repealing sections 283y, 284m, and
290g-9 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under
262c and 282i of this title] may be cited as the `International
Financial Institutions Act'.''
