Ploughshares Monitor articles from March 2006

Ploughshares Monitor archives from March 2006

Why is Canada in Afghanistan?
March 22, 2006... The current deployment of Canadian Forces to Afghanistan continues a major military, humanitarian, and diplomatic commitment to that country. The grave dangers faced and the extraordinary commitment required are emphatically and sadly confirmed...

Canada under a new government.
March 22, 2006... The only things you can really know about a person can be determined from what they say and what they do. The rest is speculation. The same holds true for governments. A minority Conservative Government came to power in the federal...

Upcoming event.
March 22, 2006... World Peace Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia, 23,28 June 2006 The World Peace Forum 2006 will be an international gathering of individuals, groups, and civic governments from cities and communities to envision a living culture of peace...

The Automatic Firearms Country Control List and Canada's firearms exports.
March 22, 2006... The Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL) was created by the Canadian government 15 years ago as an instrument to control the export from Canada of automatic firearms. Although the government can too readily expand the number of...

Retiring NORAD: time for a new kind of continental security cooperation.(North American Aerospace Defence Agreement)
March 22, 2006... Prime Minister Harper and President Bush are reportedly set to sign a new Canada-US security pact--essentially a revised version of the North American Aerospace Defence Agreement (NORAD). The current agreement is due to expire May 12, 2006 and...

Beyond Hiroshima.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Beyond Hiroshima, by Douglas Roche, publ. by Novalis, Ottawa, 2005, ISBN 2-89507-670-7, 249 pp., paperback, $19.95. In Beyond Hiroshima Douglas Roche, O.C., a recently retired Senator and former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament,...

In memoriam.(Phil de Gruchy)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... Phil de Gruchy, a former board member and long-time supporter of Project Ploughshares, died in late December 2005 in Waterloo, Ontario. Phil served on the board from 2003 to 2005 as the representative of the Canadian Unitarian Council, one of...

The World Council of Churches on the control of small arms and light weapons.
March 22, 2006... The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Geneva, September 13-16, 2005, speaks out on small arms and light weapons to affirm God's vision of life in peace and fullness. We commend to citizens and authorities the...

Landmine Monitor Report 2005: Toward a Mine-Free World.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Landmine Monitor Report 2005: Toward a Mine-Free World, by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, publ. by Mines Action Canada, Ottawa, 2005, ISBN 0-9738955-0-0, 1,081 pages, paperback. The complete report can be found online at...

Acronyms and abbreviations.(Table)
March 22, 2006... AFCCL Automatic Firearms Country Control List APFO Africa Peace Forum BMD Ballistic missile defence Canada COM Canada Command CIDA Canadian International Development Agency DND Department of...

Controlling Small Arms in the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes Region: Supporting Implementation of the Nairobi Declaration.(new publication)
March 22, 2006... A joint publication of Africa Peace Forum and Project Ploughshares. Published December 2005. Available at www.ploughshares.ca. The five commissioned papers that make up this monograph were prepared for, and presented at, the regional...