The Baruch proposals to the United Nations
Less than 3 months after the publication of the Acheson-Lilienthal report, the United States Government gave the world its proposals for the international control of atomic energy. On June 14, 1946, Bernard Baruch presented them to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission “as a basis for beginning our discussion.”
Mr. Baruch stated that:
When an adequate system for control of atomic energy, including the renunciation of the bomb as a weapon, has been agreed upon and put into effective operation and condign punishments set up for violations of the rules of control which are to be stigmatized as international crimes, we propose that:
1. manufacture of atomic bombs shall stop;
2. existing bombs shall be disposed of pursuant to the terms of the treaty; and
3. the Authority shall be in possession of full information as to the know-how for the production of atomic energy.
The methods suggested for achieving international control were the following:
The United States proposes the creation of an International Atomic Development Authority, to which should be entrusted all phases of the development and use of atomic energy, starting with the raw material and including—
1. Managerial control or ownership of all atomic energy activities potentially dangerous to world security.