Ploughshares Monitor articles from June 1997

Ploughshares Monitor archives from June 1997

What's a country to do?
June 1, 1997... Canada restricts military sales to countries that persist in violating human rights and are engaged in hostilities, including internal armed conflicts. Indonesia is a significant violator of human rights; it illegally invaded and still occupies...

Agenda for the next parliament.
June 1, 1997... With the election in June of a second majority government, the Liberals are once again firmly ensconced in Ottawa's corridors of power. But do they have a vision of what they want to accomplish in office? Bill Robinson and Ken Epps outline...

Human right to peace.
June 1, 1997... Excerpts from the declaration The Human Right to Peace, issued in January 1997 by Federico Mayor, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Lasting peace is a prerequisite for the exercise of...

UN facts.
June 1, 1997... * The budget for the UN's core functions - the Secretariat operations in New York, Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and five Regional Commissions - is $1.3 billion a year, or about 4 per cent of New York City's annual budget. * 53,333 people work...

Global spread of active nonviolence.
June 1, 1997... In the last century Victor Hugo wrote, "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." Looking back over the twentieth century we see the growing influence and impact of nonviolence all over the world. While...

Nonviolence and the people of the First Nations.
June 1, 1997... To my mind, a crucial point in the relations between Canadians and the native peoples was the Oka Crisis, during the summer of 1990, when the struggle by Mohawks in Kanesatake to prevent burial ground from becoming part of a local golf course...

International code of conduct on arms transfers.
June 1, 1997... While worldwide military spending and the international trade in military equipment have declined significantly in recent years, both continue to fuel wars and rob current and future generations of the economic resources and social/political...

Arms transfer principles.
June 1, 1997... Arms transfers may be conducted only if the proposed recipient state, or recipient party in the country of final destination, is in compliance with all of the following principles: Compliance with international human rights standards...

US should support full landmines ban.
June 1, 1997... Canada will host an international treaty conference in Ottawa December 2-4 aimed at a complete ban on anti-personnel landmines - their production, export, stockpiling, and use. More than 100 countries are expected to sign the treaty, including...