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News In Review

The News in Review is a daily publication produced by Reaching Critical Will during the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty conferences. It is designed to provide a wide range of civil society voices to governmental delegates and to provide daily updates to those unable to attend the conference.

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2008

Week 1
Week 2
Final Edition

2008
Week One

Monday, 28 April 2008 (No. 1)
  Opportunities
  Transparency and Accountability: NPT Reporting 2002-2007
  Axis of Responsibility
  Nuclear Weapons: Sooo Last Century?!
  Negotiations on the model Nuclear Weapon Convention: Simulation game for youth and students
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Tuesday, 29 April 2008 (No. 2)
  The Garden of the NPT
  Towards a nuclear weapons convention
  Mutlangen Manifesto
  Two Papers, One Perspective: A Nuclear Free World
  The European Union and the Nuclear Weapons Convention
  News in Brief
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Wordsearch

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 (No. 3)
  Philosophy of compromise
  US-India Nuclear Agreement: Bad for Nonproliferation, Bad for Nuclear Disarmament
  What is "Good Faith"?
  Conclusion from the NGO Presentations
  News in Brief
  Forty years of NPT: What is at stake?
  UN Disarmament Decade
  Analysis: Update on Globalizing the INF Treaty
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Thursday, 1 May 2008 (Geneva Holiday, no NIR)

Friday, 2 May 2008 (No. 4)
  Reductions or redux?
  One minute to midnight
  Disarmament education
  Engaging youth for nuclear disarmament
  How can NGOs mobilize for a NWC?
  Cryptoquote
  News in Brief
  Mayors for Peace events
  What's On: Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Wordsearch

Week Two

Monday, 5 May 2008 (No. 5)
  Transparency, accountability, credibility
  Complex Transformation
  Nuclear Famine
  News in Brief
  Working towards a nuclear weapon free world
  FMCT Progress Report
  Working Paper Review
  What's On: Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Tuesday, 6 May 2008 (No. 6)
  Discussion of a Middle East NWFZ: Dialogue of the Deaf
  Solving global warming without nuclear power
  Rendering the abolition of nuclear weapons credible
  News In Brief
  Verification of multilateral nuclear disarmament
  The Middle East: Nuclear Future or Nuclear Free?
  Military Research
  What’s on: Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Worldsearch

Wednesday, 7 May 2008 (No. 7)
  Article IV and the nuclear fuel cycle
  The Great Turning: Time for a transformation in the energy paradigm
  67,248 Italians propose new law declaring Italy a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
  Nuclear Weapons Operational Readiness: A Hot-Button Issue
  Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Energy
  News in Brief
  Who's Who? An Interview with Ambassador Jürg Streuli of Switzerland
  Women and the nuclear abolition movement in Japan
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Thursday, 8 May 2008 (No. 8)
  Discussions on Article X and institutional reform: Crisis of confidence or ripe for consensus?
  "For the good of mankind"
  News in Brief
  The Entry into Force of the CTBT: New Opportunities?
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Wordsearch

Friday, 9 May 2008
As there was no formal meeting of the PrepCom on 8 May, the next issue of the News In Review will be a comprehensive overview of the PrepCom. On 8 May, the Chairmans Factual Summary was distributed, and is currently being discussed by States Parties. It will be posted as soon as possible.
There are no NGO events, nor is there an informal briefing scheduled for 9 May.

2007
Week One

Monday, April 30, 2007 (No.1)
"Now's the Perfect Time"
Towards 2010: Promoting Proliferation or Disarmament
The World Court Coalition
What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 (No.2)
"The Definition of Compliance"
Break the Silence
Nuclear Energy and Multilateral Controls of the Fuel Cycle
What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 (No.3)
"An Agenda to Take Us Forward"
Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security?
Running for Peace
Nuclear Power=Nuclear Weapons
A Revised Nuclear Weapons Convention
International Call on Governments to back sustainable energy

Thursday, May 3, 2007 (No.4)
"Business as Usual? A SWOT at the PrepCom"
The US-India Nuclear Deal: Round II
Genie in a Bottle Unleashed, Part 2
Nuclear and Sustainable Energy in Light of the NPT

Friday, May 4, 2007 (No.5)
"Today's Menu"
Return to the International Court of Justice
Towards 2010
Fissile Materials: Definitions, detection, and hopefully negotiations

Week Two

Monday, May 7, 2007 (No.6)
"Actively Waiting"
Nuclear Free Middle East
The UN's Unfinished Nuclear Business
Youth Speak at PrepCom

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 (No.7)
"The Substantive Issue"

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 (No.8)
"We Have a PrepCom"
Compliance with Article 1? The US-India Nuclear Deal
Have we all forgotten about Pelindaba
A Death Plan?
NO Bravo for Bikini

Thursday, May 10, 2007 (No.9)
"Power Politics or Cooperative Security?"
Diplomat and NGO Diaries
United States Disarmament Compliance: Fewer but Newer; Nuclear Weapons Forever
Prepcom Delegates Show P6 Support
Nuclear Posture Review
Students Strike for Peace
Weapons in Space and the Disarmament/Non-proliferation Regime
NATO's Nuclear Sharing: A cold war anachronism that undermines the NPT
Valentines for Tlatelolco

Friday, May 11, 2007 (No.10)
"Shades of Grey"
Inalienable Right? What's wrong with this picture?
Breaking the Chain
A Page from History? The first proposal for a Nuclear Weapons Convention
Space Security and Nuclear Disarmament
Nuclear Missile Testing Galore
Nuclear Crossword
What's On? Today's Calendar of Events

Final Edition

Final Edition 2007 (No. 11)
"Finding the Light"
Execution by Consensus:Assessing Compliance and the NPT Review Process
Alice in Wonderland Revisited: The 13 Practical Steps as “Suggestions”
Nuclear War and its Consequences: Reparations (and a Little Justice) for the People of Rongelap

2005
Week One

Monday, May 2, 2005 (No.1):
   "The World is Watching"
   Appeal of Hiroshima
   Who's Who: The Netherlands' Chris Sanders
   What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 (No.2):
   "Aaaannnd...ACTION!"
    New Disarmament Publications
    Freeing the Middle East from WMD
    Panel Spotlight: Rejecting Counterproliferation
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Panel Spotlight: A Middle Powers Strategy
    May Day! Disarm!

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 (No.3):
    "Unmasking Success?"
    IPPNW Brings the Reality of Nuclear Weapons Home to NYers
    International Wall of Law
    A View from South Korea
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Hibakusha Tell the Tale
    Who's Who: New Zealand's Ambassador Tim Caughley

Thursday, May 5, 2005 (No.4):
    "Proving the Pessimists Wrong"
    A Return to the World Court?: Lawyers Discuss Options for Article VI Compliance
    An NPT Compliant Alternative to Stockpile Stewardship
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    On the Nuclear Trail of Tears: The International Peace Walk and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Friday, May 6, 2005 (No.5):
    "At What Cost Agreement?"
    Mayors at the United Nations
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today (and the weekend!)
    Jozef Goldblat on the CTBT
    The Other Radioactive Weapon
    Comment on the Dutch Parliament
    Atomic Art Exhibit
    Greenpeace Fights NATO Nukes

Week Two

Monday, May 9, 2005 (No.6):
    "'In Light of' Consensus"
    The NAPF Brings Us Back to Basics
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    WSLF Sets the Record Straight on Stockpile Stewardship
    A Working Paper for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
    Internal Radiation: Nano-sized particles causing mega-size damage
    Who's Who: France's Ambassaor Rivasseau

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 (No.7):
    "Deciphering Diplomacy"
    NGO Panel Announces a Nuclear Free Germany
    The Wars We Make
    Australian Uranium: Feedstock for Proliferation
    Challenging and Changing US Nuclear Policy
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Who's Who: Japan's Ambassador Mine

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 (No.8):
    "The Viennese Gossip Column"
    Space Security
    Inheriting a Nuclear Free World
    SMART Security
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Who's Who: Senator Doug Roche

Thursday, May 12, 2005 (No.9):
    "Now THIS Is A Conference"- also translated into French by ACDN
    An Open Letter to the NPT Conference Secretariat and States Parties
    NWFZs: The Untold Success Story
    A Mathematician's Take on the NPT
    Making Connections Between Disarmament and Conflict Prevention
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Friday, May 13, 2005 (No.10):
    "Riddle Me This"
    A Permanent Verification Corps?
    Film Screening: Genie in A Bottle
    Korean Women Making Peace
    Are You Ready to Join Us? Youth at the RevCon
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Week Three

Monday, May 16, 2005 (No.11):
"The Footnote Versus the Fuel Rod"
PSR Panel Features Rhodes and Graham
Promoting Global Wellness
Model Nuclear Inventory: New Publication from RCW
Who's Who: Mexico's Ambassador de Alba
NGOs and the Millennium+5 Summit
What's On: This Week's Calendar of Events

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 (No.12):
"Lost in the Echo Chamber"
The Motives Behind Disarmament
Nuclear Genie Unleashed at the UN
Threats to the NPT
Position Opening at Reaching Critical Will

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 (No.13):
"Hold That Pessimism"
Advancing Transparency Through Disarmament
US Compensation for Nuclear Victims
Education, Peace Boat Style
Nuclear Psychology
What's On: Calendar of Events

Thursday, May 19, 2005 (No.14):
"The Conference That Cried Wolf"
Who's Who: IPPNW's Ron McCoy
NPT Crossword!
Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Nuclear Doctrine
A Brave New World in 1984
What's On: Today and Tomorrow's Calendar of Events

Friday, May 20, 2005 (No.15):
"Sorting Through the Substance"
The NATO Responsibility
Space Security
Crossword Answers
What's On: Calendar of Events
Nuclear Energy Bargain

Week Four

Monday, May 23, 2005 (No.16):
"Heigh-Ho the Dairy-O"
Nuclear Culture?
What's On: Calendar of Events for the Week
Rogues Gallery
Piece by Peace

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 (No.17):
"Bargaining for Agreement"
War is Peace: NGO Rebuttal to the US
Megatons to Megawatts
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
NPT Puzzler!
Youth Vitamins
What's On: Today's Calendar of Events

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 (No.18):
"Negotiate This"
Peace Walk
Communities of Color Speak Out
Who's Who: Blanche Wiesen Cooke
Mayors and Parliamentarians
What's On: Today's Calendar of Events

Thursday, May 26, 2005 (No.19):
"TheDiplomatic Theory of Relativity"
The Crucible of Experience
What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
Why Women?
Global Truth Commission
Who's Who: CESIM's Tiphaine de Champchesnel
Atoms for Peace

Friday, May 27, 2005 (No.20):
"A Passing Storm"
The Risks of Reprocessing
Rebus Puzzler
Who's Who: Sarah Estabrooks, Project Ploughshares
US Non-Paper on Abolition
First Committee Reporting Resource
What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Final Edition

Final Edition 2005 (No. 21):
"A Phoenix of Hope"
Spineless NPT Ends in a Whisper
Seeing the RevCon in the Rearview Mirror
NPT Gender Credentials
Just Say No!
Nuclear Theatre of the Absurd
Negotiating 101
US Hypocrisy
A Treaty Worth Fighting For
Their Children Are Our Children
Sunflowers Instead of Missiles
Youth Activism
10 Years of Mad Cowboy Nuclearism
On NGO Strategy

2004
Week 1

Monday, April 26, 2004 (No.1):
   "Defining Success"
   Calendar of Events
   Who's Who: Interview with Ambassador Wolfgang Hoffman, Executive Secretary, CTBTO
   "The NPT 2004: Testing the Limits"- Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute
   Eighteenth Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 (No.2):
   "Getting Right To It"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Spotlight on Aldermaston" -DiMcDonald, NukeWatch
   "Never Again"- Susi Snyder, WILPF
   artwork by Haik Hoisington

Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (No.3):
   "Who's Missing the Mark?"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Nuclear Sharing Under the 'Special Relationship' Umbrella"- Nigel Chamberlain, BASIC
   Who's Who: Interview with John Loretz, IPPNW
   "The Toxic Legacy of the Nuclear Age"- John Loretz reports on the Abolition 2000 event
   Pop Quiz: NGO or State Party?

Thursday, April 29, 2004 (No.4):
   "Non-Existing Issues Spark Non-Existent Debate"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   Who's Who: Interview with Jennifer Nordstrom, GAPW
   "A UN Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Elimination"- Mohamed Shaker,    ECFA
   Panel Spotlight: Economy and Security- Jen Geiger, WILPF US
   Panel Spotlight: The Quest for Security- John Loretz, IPPNW
   Panel Spotlight: PSR on Counterproliferation- Sarah Estabrooks, Project Ploughshares
   Panel Spotlight: A Northeast Asia NWFZ- Jennifer Nordstrom, GAPW

Friday, April 30, 2004 (No.5):
   "We Can't Hear You!"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Report from a Citizen Weapon Inspector"- Carol Naughton, BASIC
   Who's Who: Rodolfo Benitez Verson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cuba

Week 2

Monday, May 3, 2004 (No.6):
   "A Point of Order"
   "Youth Caucus Therapy"
   "Mother Earth On Her Death Bed"- Omar McCray, SANITY
   "NATO Nuclear Doctrine and the NPT"- Karel Koster, PENN
   Panel Spotlight: "Opposing Vertical Proliferation"- April Stanley, WILPF UNO
   "NPT- Now It's the People's Turn"- Emma McGregor Mento, Abolition 2000
   Calendar of Events for the Week
   Panel Spotlight: "The WMD Are Right Here"- Dulce Fernandes, WILPF UNO

Tuesday, May 4, 2004 (No.7):
   "A New Criticality"
   Panel Spotlight: Nuclear Weapons and Preventing War- Julika Erfurt, WILPF UNO
   Resource Spotlight: banningthebomb.tv
   "Aktion Volkerrecht"- International Law Campaign
   Calendar of Events for Today
   Disarmament Crossword
   CWI Authorization

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 (No. 8):
   "Playing Chess with Damocles"
   Panel Spotlight: "The Current Status of US Nuclear Weapons Complex: From designing to refining"- Monika Szymurska, WILPF UNO
   Panel Spotlight: "Rethinking the Fissban"- Emma McGregor-Mento, Abolition 2000
   Reaching Critical Finances
   Canada Responds to PENN article
   Calendar of Events for Today
   Report Card for Japan- Keiko Nakamuro, Peace Depot
   Article VI reporting: Spotlight on NGO Shadow Report
   IEER Atomic Puzzler and Crossword Answers

Thursday, May 6, 2004 (No.9):
   "The Substance of Procedure"
   "The So-Called 'U.S. Record of Compliance'- Why the U.S. Numbers Game is Not Disarmament"- Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, WSLF
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Nuclear Weapons and Preventing War"- Jennifer Nordstrom, GAPW

Friday, May 7, 2004 (No.10):
   "Countdown"
   "The Most Important Date in Nuclear History: A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Lineage Lies in the Policies Begun in Washington, DC, May 5, 1943"   - Pamela S. Meidell, Atomic Mirror
   "The Elephant in the Room"- Alice Slater, GRACE
   Panel Spotlight: "What's Next for the CTBT?" - Dulce Fernandes, WILPF UNO
   Panel Spotlight: "Women and Weapons: A Paradigmatic Shift"- Susi Snyder, WILPF UNO
   "Keeping Heart in Hard Times"- Stephanie Fraser, banningthebomb.tv

Final Edition

Final Edition (No. 11):
   "A Higher Wager"
   "Confusion and Anger as NPT Meeting Closes in New York"- Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute
   Who's Who Profile: Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Educators for Social Responsibility
   "From the Dark and Smoky UN Basement, to the Hot and Dusty Nevada Desert: One Woman's Journey"- Susi Snyder, WILPF UNO
   "Grassroots Provide Support for Mayors" - Julie Kramer, Press Hut Mutlangen

2003
Week 1

Monday April 28, 2003 (No.1): "NPT 2003- It's Time to Walk the Talk"

Tuesday April 29, 2003 (No. 2): "Civil Society in Full Force"

Wednesday April 30, 2003 (No. 3): "Extra Helpings, Please"

Thursday May 1, 2003 (No. 4) : "The Real Reason We Are Here"

Friday May 2, 2003 (No. 5): "Smoke and Mirrors"

Week 2

Monday May 5, 2003 (No. 6): "The Genie is Out"

Tuesday May 6, 2003 (No. 7): "Or, So We Have Heard"

Wednesday May 7, 2003 (No. 8): "Hot Air: The Final Peacemaker"

Thursday May 8, 2003 (No. 9): "pro-duk-tiv-i-tee"

Friday May 9, 2003 (No. 10): "You're Welcome, Mr. Molnar"