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NPT 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.
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
2003
2002
2000
2009
Week One
Monday,
4 May 2009 (No. 1)
Optimism
is on the table
Deterrence, Torture, Power
The NPT: A Time for Boldness
Nuclear Wordsearch
What's On: Calendar of Events
Tuesday,
5 May 2009 (No. 2)
The
mutual responsibility of compromise
News
in Brief
On an FM(C)T
US Prospects for a Nuclear Free Future
Renewable Energy: Cleaner, Safer, Smarter than
Nuclear Energy
Evaluating Obama: Progress for Global Abolition?
Nuclear Crossword
What's On: Calendar of Events
Wednesday,
6 May 2009 (No.3)
Return
to multilateralism?
News
in Brief
Berlin Article VI Forum
The Strangest Dream
International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation
and Disarmament
Prospects, Scope, and Verification of a Fissile
Materials (Cut-off) Treaty
A Multilateral Approach to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle:
Can It Strengthen the NPT?
Nuclear Wordsearch
What's On: Calendar of Events
Thursday, 7 May 2009 (No.4)
Competing visions of
disarmament
News in Brief
New Prospects for Nuclear Abolition
Response to President Obama's Prague Speech
How to help develop the mobilization of public
opinion for nuclear disarmament
World March for Peace and Nonviolence
Article VI of the NPT: Legal issues and German
perspectives
Progressive Initiatives
Nuclear Crossword
What's On: Calendar of Events
Friday, 8 May 2009 (No.5)
Challenges to collective
security
News in Brief
Obama and the CTBT: Dangerous Distraction
Voices from Experience
ICAN: The NPT and the NWC
Nuclear Wordsearch
Nuclear Cryptoquote
What's On: Calendar of Events
Week Two
Monday, 11 May 2009 (No.6)
A glance at the recommendations
News in Brief
Proposals and
Recommendations to the 2010 Review Conference: A Survey of
Working Papers submitted to the 2009 PrepCom
Costs and Consequences ... and Opportunities
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education: Yes,
we can!
A youth perspective on disarmament education
Role-Playing Verification
Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
The Role of Parliamentarians in Advancing a Nuclear
Weapons-Free World
Nuclear Crossword
What's On: Calendar of Events
Tuesday, 12 May 2009 (No.7)
Finding the balance
News in Brief
Educating for disarmament
Will the NPT finally open its arms to the Nuclear
Weapons Convention?
What 1540 could be: An equitable approach to non-proliferation
in a globalised world
Nuclear Bailout: the Costs and Consequences of
Renovating the Nuclear Weapons Complex
Are New Nuclear Warheads Needed for Safety and
Reliability of the U.S. Arsenal?
Nuclear Wordsearch
What's On: Calendar of Events
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 (No.8)
The importance of being
earnest
News in Brief
Nuclear sharing in Germany
Operational status of nuclear weapons
Nuclear Crossword
What's On: Calendar of Events
Thursday, 14 May 2009 (No.9)
Reworking the recommendations
News in Brief
Strengthening the NWFZs
Medical and environmental consequences of nuclear
war
Nuclear Weapons Convention Simulation
Nuclear Wordsearch
What's On: Calendar of Events
Friday, 15 May 2009 (No.10)
Searching for consensus
News in Brief
Unfinished Business: New Opportunities for the
CTBT
Wag the World: The Irrational Grip of Nuclear
Weapons
Towards the 2010 Conference of States Parties
to Nuclear Weapon Free Zones
Disarmament, Law, and Community: From the Local
to the Global
Outlawing the Use of Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Crossword
What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
Final Edition
Monday, 18 May 2009 (Final
Edition)
A qualified success
News in Brief
A Survey of Working
Papers, Week Two
Priorities
for 2010: Recommendations for Forward Progress
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 (no meetings on Thursday, no new
edition)
Final Edition
Final
Edition 2008 (No. 9)
Looking
ahead: Recommendations for the rest of the 2010 review cycle
News in
Brief
What can NPT states realistically do today?
Negotiations on a nuclear weapon convention held
by European students!
Good Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International
Law
Global Article 9 Conference Statement towards
the NPT PrepCom
Working Paper Review #2
Blurring the Nuclear Threshold: US Strategic Command,
Space Domination, and the New Strategic Triad
Discussion paper: France, NATO, and nuclear disarmament
2008 NPT PrepCom: Substantive and Smooth, with
Hostilities Fizzing on the Tongue
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"
Final Edition
Final
Edition (No. 11): "This is What Reporting Looks Like:
Assessing the Chairman's Factual Summary"
2002
Week 1
Day
1: Addressing the Security Deficit in a Weapons Ridden World
Day
2: A New NPT Review Cycle Begins: Is Political Will Within
Reach?
Day
3: NPT: Normally Pretty Tedious
Day
4: 14 NGO Representatives Present on Key Issues to the NPT
Day
5: Who's Afraid of Reporting?
Week 2
Day 6: One Week Down, One to Go
Day
7: The Middle East: The Usual Suspects, the Usual Rhetoric
Day
8: Wouldn't We Be Safer Without Nuclear?
Day
9: Youth Fear For Their Future
Day
10: NPT PrepCalm- Looking Towards 2005
Final Edition
Final
Edition: A Week Later: Assessing NPT PrepCom I
2000
Week 1
April 28th -- Ed Note: No issue due to holiday
April
27th -- Getting Down to Disarmament
April
26th -- Now Please Try (NPT)
April
25th -- NPT Opens -- and a good START too
April
24th -- The Opening of the Review Conference
Week 2
May
5 -- A Penny Saved...
May
4 -- Sorry About That....
May
3 -- 3pm -- Conference Room 4 -- Be there
May
2 - The Equivical Meaning of Unequivical
May
1 -- One week down, three to go
Week 3
May
12 -- Taking Note
May
11 -- High Noon at the NPT Corral
May
10 -- The Calm Before the... Calm?
May
9 -- A Taste of Treaties to Come
May
8 -- The Half-life of the Conference
Week 4
May
19 - Something to Work With?
May 18 -- Ed. Note: No News In Review for today
May
17 -- Disarmament: A Problem of Semantics
May
16 -- Normally Pretty Tedious
May
15 -- Too Early for Dispair, Too Late for Late Again
Final Edition
Final
Issue -- After the Dust Settles
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