Ploughshares Monitor articles from June 1998

Ploughshares Monitor archives from June 1998

Day of the middle powers (place of middle political powers in world peace movement).
June 1, 1998... In his recent book The Ultimate Evil, Doug Roche proposed that middle power states such as Canada could play an important role in pressing the nuclear-weapon states (NWS) to fulfill their nuclear disarmament obligations (see the September 1997...

How should the international community respond: India and Pakistan's nuclear tests.
June 1, 1998... On 11 May, the Indian government announced it had conducted three nuclear test explosions at the Pokharan site in Rajasthan. On 13 May, two more tests were announced. According to official statements, the nuclear tests were a 12 kt fission...

Strengthened review process for the NPT in disarray (Non-Proliferation Treaty).
June 1, 1998... In just three years after the indefinite extension of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1995-which was achieved as a result of a set of decisions comprising a "strengthened review process", "principles and objectives for nuclear...

Need for a new agenda: Joint declaration (9 June 1998) (international nuclear policy).
June 1, 1998... 1. We, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa and Sweden have considered the continued threat to humanity represented by the perspective of the indefinite possession of nuclear...

Statement on Canadian nuclear policy (17 June 1998).
June 1, 1998... The time has come for Canada to formulate a coherent policy on the subject of nuclear weapons and to vote at the United Nations, in the company of the majority of the world's nations, for comprehensive negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons....

Getting started: G8 and small arms (G8 nations and the arms trade).
June 1, 1998... The world's leading industrial countries are not only that, they are also the world's leading purveyors of the means of destruction. And if they ever manage to generate the necessary courage and political will, they could also become the...

Key provisions of the Inter-American Convention against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials.
June 1, 1998... Article VI: Marking of Firearms 1. For the purposes of identification and tracing of the firearms referred to in Article 1.3.a, States Parties shall: a. require, at the time of manufacture, appropriate markings of the name of...

Defining the next steps: banning anti-personnel landmines.
June 1, 1998... On December 3, 1997 an international convention banning anti-personnel landmines was opened for signature in Ottawa. By the end of the ceremony, 123 states had signed the convention, making it an important milestone in the fight to eliminate...

Preparing for war: Canada's combat equipment programs.
June 1, 1998... In recent years Canadian foreign policy has moved to adopt features of common or "human" security. Policy documents note that challenges of a broader security agenda demand responses which go "beyond military options and focus on promoting...

Nancy Meek Pocock, 1910-1998.
June 1, 1998... "Retire, why ever would I?" Nancy Pocock remarked when she was 86 years old. `Mama Nancy,' as she was known to refugees from around the world, died one year later, signing papers for an Iranian refugee even as she lay in hospital. The fond...

20-minute peace workout (nuclear weapons policies need revision).
June 1, 1998... The topic for summer 1998 Nuclear weapons policies need revision In October 1996 Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy asked the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) to conduct a review of Canada's...