Ploughshares Monitor articles from June 2001

Ploughshares Monitor archives from June 2001

Church action on the arms trade.
June 1, 2001... The fundamental role and obligation of the churches is to contribute to a dynamic global political culture that generates constructive non-military peace and security policy options and makes them politically sustainable. An Ecumenical...

Canadian military exports -- no change in volume or practice.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... The record of 1999 Canadian arms sales demonstrates that Canada fails to meet its proclaimed arms transfer standards. Both the volume of military exports and Canadian export control practice changed little between 1998 and 1999. Canada...

The 2001 Armed Conflicts Report.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Africa and the Middle East are the most war-torn regions of the world. The year 2000 saw no relief from current high levels of armed conflict. At the end of 2000, there were 40 armed conflicts being fought on the territories of 35...

Enhancing the small arms demand reduction agenda: emerging policy/action recommendations from the 2001 International Workshop on Demand Reduction.
June 1, 2001... Building on demand-side discussions in Durban (1999) and Nairobi (2000) [1] the International Workshop on Demand Reduction in Toronto (March 2001, sponsored by Project Ploughshares and funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs) furthered...

Non-military intervention and protecting the vulnerable: Report on a Roundtable discussion.
June 1, 2001... We live in a new world, in which all of us must begin to bear responsibility for everything that occurs. Vaclev Havel In April, Project Ploughshares held a roundtable on intervention in complex humanitarian emergencies with...

Sudan Track II Peace Dialogue Project.
June 1, 2001... Project Ploughshares is committed to supporting indigenous peace-building efforts in the Horn of Africa region. Working with local NGOs such as the International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG) and the...

Comments from a reader.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2001... To the editor: I would like to make the following comments on Dr. Penelope Simons' thoughtful and illuminating paper on "humanitarian intervention" in which she counterposes the conflict between sovereignty and human rights [see the...

Ploughshares community groups.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Congratulations are in order for Hazel and Gordon Jardine, founding members of Ploughshares Fort Qu'Appelle, SK, who have been presented with a Global Citizens Award by the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation. This award...

Staff activities.(arms control)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Small arms and light weapons continued to be an important focus of our program with the approach of the July 2001 UN Conference on small arms. In April Ernie Regehr presented a paper at the international conference on small arms and demand...

Staff Departures.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Bill Robinson left Project Ploughshares on June 30 and moved to London, Ontario where his partner, Jacque Newman, will be teaching political science at King's College, University of Western Ontario. Our heartfelt thanks to Bill for his 15 years...