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positive security assurance
[ poz-i-tiv si-kyoor-i-tee uh-shoor-uhns, uh-shur-uhns ]
noun
- assurance given by a nuclear weapon state that it will defend a non-nuclear weapon state that is the victim of nuclear attack by another nation: : PSA Compare negative security assurance ( def ).
A number of states expressed their views that positive security assurance is nothing more than what is already contained in the U.N. Charter.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of positive security assurance1
First recorded in 1980–85
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