Conference
on Disarmament 2010
The CD began the third and final part of its 2010 session
in Geneva on 10 August. RCW is posting all statements,
papers,
and press
releases from the Conference and will cover all plenary
meetings with the CD
Report - subscribe now!
First
Committee on Disarmament and International Security
First Committee will meet 4 October-1 November 2010 in New
York. RCW now has details on booking
side events and will maintain an online calendar
of events. Please also contribute
and/or subscribe
to the First Committee
Monitor.
Beyond
arms control: challenges and choices for
nuclear disarmament
Reaching Critical Will's new publication is now available
online and in hardcopy for purchase! A collaborative publicaton
written by 25 non-governmental activists and scholars, the
book looks critically at the challenges and options for disarmament
at the 2010 NPT Review Conference and beyond.
Recent
Writing, Speaking, and Analysis from RCW
• “Nuclear
reification and prospects for disarmament,” UNSG
Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, 26 February 2010
• “Reaching
Critical Will for Disarmament,” Stockholm, 8 November
2009
• “Accomplishments
and remaining tasks: Lessons from the NPT’s 13 Steps
and the Blix Commission,” Stockholm, 8 November
2009
Critical
Issues
Background information and up-to-date news on a wide variety
of disarmament-related topics, including:
• Gender
and Disarmament;
• Iran
and North
Korea’s nuclear programmes;
• outer
space security and missile
defence (and the PAROS
Working Group);
• military
spending and Article
26 of the UN Charter; and
• much
more.
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- ICAN has released a report, Government
positions on a nuclear weapons convention
(pdf), which provides a comprehensive guide to government
positions on the negotiation of a nuclear weapons convention.
- Reaching Critical Will is looking for interns for the
fall in both the New
York and Geneva
offices. Submit your application earlier to ensure you
are considered for these unique internships!
- 6 and 9 August 2010 marked the 65th anniversary
of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Reaching Critical Will participated in commemoration events
and urges all governments and civil society to reflect on
the horror of nuclear war and to achieve the total elimination
of nuclear weapons. Please read the Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
Peace Declarations, read by the mayors of each city at their
respective memorial services.
- The first Preparatory Committee for an Arms Trade
Treaty met in New York from 14–18 July 2010. Reaching
Critical Will and others reported on the action through
a joint
blog. You ca find documents and more information on
RCW's ATT
PrepCom page.
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