Ploughshares Monitor articles from December 2002

Ploughshares Monitor archives from December 2002

Increased security spending doesn't mean increased defense spending.
December 22, 2002... While Canada should be upgrading its contributions to international peace and security, there are at least three reasons why such measures should not take the form of defence spending increases: * Canadian defence spending in absolute terms...

The Sudan peace process: hoping for the best.
December 22, 2002... The ongoing Sudan peace talks offer the best opportunity to date to end the longest running war in Africa. Since it began in 1983, the civil war has led to the death of an estimated 2 million people, and the displacement of 4.5 million others....

KAIROS' statement on Talisman Energy's intended sale of its Sudan assets.
December 22, 2002... Project Ploughshares continues to support peacebuilding projects for the people of Sudan. Although there has been a move towards a negotiated and sustainable peace agreement much work must still be done and will continue to be a priority for...

The United Nations and small arms and light weapons.
December 22, 2002... Recent reports emanating from the United Nations point to increased government momentum for implementing the Programme of Action (PoA) that resulted from the 2001 UN conference on small arms and light weapons. Civil society should be encouraged...

The ambiguities of protecting the vulnerable.
December 22, 2002... Over the past six months, Project Ploughshares has organized several events designed to focus on various elements from the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) report entitled The Responsibility to...

Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward A Mine-Free World. (Book Notice).
December 22, 2002... Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward A Mine-Free World, an initiative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, published by Human Rights Watch, 2002, ISBN 1-56432-277-7, 923 pp. For information on how to acquire a copy in Canada, contact...

The war of words over the International Criminal Court: American "might" versus international "right".
December 22, 2002... One of the mare popular discussions in world politics these days contrasts the growing divide between "the rule of law vs. the rule of military force." Do globalization, interdependence, proliferation of destructive weapons, and the unavoidable...

Canadian company joins BMD program.
December 22, 2002... In October the Canadian corporation CAR Inc. announced a partnership with the US military giant Boeing Company to develop new systems for the Pentagon's Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program. According to a Boeing press release, the Military...

Bridging the commitment-capacity gap.
December 22, 2002... There is a growing gap between the avowed commitments of the international community and the United Nations' actual capacity for the prevention of armed conflict and the protection of civilians. The UN is still denied sufficient means,...

Challenges of Peace Operations: Into the 21st Century--Concluding Report 1997-2002. (Book Notice).
December 22, 2002... Challenges of Peace Operations: Into the 21st Century -- Concluding Report 1997-2002, Elanders Gotab, Stockholm, 2002, ISBN 91-89683-00-5 Cloth, 295 pp. Available online at http://www.peacechallenges.net or by contacting...

Canada's largest military contractors in 2001. (Spotlight on Canadian Military Exports).
December 22, 2002... Canada's ten largest military contractors in 2001 were unchanged from the equivalent ranking for 2000 -- only the companies' relative positions differed. (See Table 1 and The Ploughshares Monitor, December 2001, pp. 9-11.) The minimal changes...

Ploughshares community groups. (Network News).
December 22, 2002... Ploughshares Edmonton celebrated the presentation of the annual Salvos Prelorentzos Peace Award to Nancy Hannemann at an event on November 14 which was attended by approximately 150 people. Ms. Hannemann is the Director of the International...

Staff activities. (Network News).
December 22, 2002... In October, Ploughshares intern Kristiana Powell attended a two-week course at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. The course, "In the Service of Peace: Civilian Core Competencies in Modern Peacekeeping Operations,"...

Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: the need for a new agenda.
December 22, 2002... After a conspicuous silence in 2001, the New Agenda Coalition returned in force to the First Committee of the 57th UN General Assembly in October, submitting two resolutions: the omnibus New Agenda resolution calling for a nuclear-weapon-free...