– along with Iraq Veterans Against the War's "Operation Recovery", which seeks to ban the deployment of troops already suffering from PTSD – may well help end the disastrous, terrorizing occupation of Afghanistan.
Rather than a blanket ban on research into gene editing technology, it would be more appropriate to ban the deployment of this technology to enhance normal traits, if that is the concern.
The conventional wisdom, however, conveniently ignores the International Convention banning the deployment of chemical weapons to which the U.S. is a party.
Russia and China have proposed a treaty that would ban the deployment of space weapons and prohibit the threat or use of force against space assets.
The Philippines has ordered a ban on the deployment of its workers to 41 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq and India.
A group of environmentalist organizations is calling for a ban on field experiments and the deployment of geoengineering schemes.
The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, earlier said he supported the deployment of AU troops to fight Boko Haram, which is increasing its attacks in the runup to the general election on 14 February.
The Outer Space Treaty (1967) further limited the deployment of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction by banning countries from placing them in orbit.
It gives Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 45 days to devise a plan to help the Malian authorities and endorses the deployment of troops from the Economic Community of West African States as part of the plan.
Topping the names added to the list of those subject to travel bans and asset freezes are two Russian deputy defence ministers, Arkady Bakhin and Anatoly Antonov, who, according to the EU, were "involved in supporting the deployment of Russian troops in Ukraine".
