Ploughshares Monitor articles from June 2004

Ploughshares Monitor archives from June 2004

A security agenda for the new government.
June 22, 2004... International peace and security concerns are unlikely to dominate the agenda of the new minority Government, but both external events and domestic political issues promise to regularly bring Canada's approach to peace and security issues into...

Canada recommits forces to stabilization efforts in Afghanistan.
June 22, 2004... In April 2004 Prime Minister Martin announced an extension of Canada's commitment to the NATO-led multinational stabilization operation underway in Afghanistan. (1) Canadian forces have been active in the country since late 2001, and were...

A pillar of support: Kofi Annan's address to the Canadian Parliament.
June 22, 2004... I am very pleased to be here in Ottawa today, and I thank the Prime Minister most warmly for giving me the opportunity to address you. As you know, the United Nations' Charter opens with the phrase "We the Peoples." Since becoming...

The 2004 armed conflicts report.
June 22, 2004... In 2003 the number of armed conflicts totalled 36 in 28 countries. These numbers are a slight decline from 2002 which saw 37 armed conflicts in 29 countries. The drop continues a general downward trend since a peak of 44 conflicts in 1995 and...

From War to Peace. Lessons learned from achievements and failures in peace agreements over the past decade: a strategy for peace process optimization.(Book Notice)
June 22, 2004... From War to Peace. Lessons learned from achievements and failures in peace agreements over the past decade: a strategy for peace process optimization, by Caroline Guinmard, co-published by the International Peace Bureau and Nonviolence...

Small arms in the Horn and Great Lakes.
June 22, 2004... States in the Horn and Great Lakes of Africa, two of Africa's sub-regions most affected by gun violence, have taken a major new step to strengthen and coordinate their small arms control efforts. In April, government ministers from the two...

Canadian church leaders urge nuclear disarmament and ballistic missile control.
June 22, 2004... 15 March 2004 Our help is in the name of the Lord... who made heaven and earth.... Psalm 124:8 Dear Mr. Prime Minister: We write to urge you to guide Canada toward an intensified commitment to nuclear disarmament and binding...

Canadian helicopters for Pakistan armed forces.
June 22, 2004... A major loophole in Canadian export controls will permit Canadian-built helicopters to be shipped to the armed forces of Pakistan. The shipments contravene export control guidelines and a de facto ban on Canadian military goods to Pakistan. ...

Control Arms campaign.
June 22, 2004... Support is gradually building in the international campaign for an International Arms Trade Treaty (KIT) to control the transfers of weapons. Four governments--Costa Rica, Mali, Macedonia, and Cambodia--have publicly declared their support for...

Building Sustainable Peace.(Book Notice)
June 22, 2004... Building Sustainable Peace, edited by Tom Keating and W. Andy Knight, The University of Alberta Press and United Nations University Press, Edmonton and Tokyo, 2004, ISBN 0-88864-414-0, 502 pp., paperback, $39.95. Order from University of...

In memoriam.
June 22, 2004... Most Reverend Edward Scott, who died in a June 2004 automobile accident, earned the love and admiration of activists for peace and social justice because of his compelling "radical compassion." In the words of his biographer, Hugh McCullum, the...

Staff transitions.
June 22, 2004... At the end of June we bid farewell to Dr. Larissa Fast, Program Associate with Project Ploughshares since January 1, 2002. Larissa has taken an academic appointment with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the...

Arms exports now controlled by Trade Minister.
June 22, 2004... In a move that could weaken Canada's military export controls, responsibility for the export of Canadian military goods has been moved from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Minister of International Trade. On December 12, 2003, the day...