Ploughshares Monitor articles from September 1999

Ploughshares Monitor archives from September 1999

UN and an emerging small arms agenda.
September 1, 1999... The effort to control the further spread of small arms, and to build societies in which individual citizens and communities are spared the impulse to turn to the criminal and political use of arms for personal advantage or personal and communal...

Canadian small arms production and export.
September 1, 1999... The value of Canadian exports of small arms(1) and small arms accessories and components to non-US(2) customers totalled $23 million in 1997, the last year for which figures are available. Most exports, $22 million (or 96%) went to NATO...

Hague appeal for peace.
September 1, 1999... Thousands of NGOs and activists came together in The Hague, Netherlands from May 11-15 to discuss world security and demilitarization issues and attempt to put together an agenda for peace to present to the United Nations General Assembly....

Kosovo: war on the environment.
September 1, 1999... Despite intense media coverage of the war, the environment remained a largely unheralded victim of the NATO bombing campaign in the Kosovo conflict, The human and ecological impact of releasing large amounts of toxic chemicals during such...

Call for NATO nuclear review.
September 1, 1999... Project Ploughshares, the British American Security Information Council, the United Church of Canada, and the World Federalists of Canada took advantage of the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers held in Toronto on 21-22 September 1999 to...

Kosovo and the 1997 landmines treaty.
September 1, 1999... The 1997 Landmines Treaty has been celebrated as a humanitarian achievement towards ending the grievous impact of landmines. How did the treaty measure up in the first war Canada entered after it became international law? Over the last few...

Kosovo and civil society - some reflections.
September 1, 1999... A strong civil society that crosses societal divisions is vital to future efforts to build peace in Kosovo. Civil society alone cannot save Kosovo, but it will provide the best opportunity to find good peaceful solutions to the recurring...

Every life is a story: the social relations of science, ecology and peace.
September 1, 1999... Every Life is a Story: The Social Relations of Science, Ecology and Peace, Fred H. Knelman, Black Rose Books, Montreal, 1998, 320 pages, $24.99 softcover, ISBN 1-55164-136-4. Contrary to T. S. Eliot's concern, our world could end with...

Forging a peaceful new century: a key task in the twenty-first century will be to establish effective restraints based on ... war prevention.
September 1, 1999... At the threshold of the twenty-first century, the international community faces a fundamental challenge: either build the foundations for a lasting peace or be overwhelmed by an endless string of internal wars capable of devastating entire...

GM Canada drives to dominate armoured vehicle sales.
September 1, 1999... With the August announcement that its Diesel Division has bought the Swiss company that developed the Piranha light armoured vehicle (LAV), General Motors of Canada has positioned itself to dominate the global wheeled armoured vehicle market....

Be alert! De-alert nuclear weapons systems.
September 1, 1999... Countries and communities around the world are taking the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer issue seriously as they prepare for the arrival of the new year. Electrical and water supply systems are being tested, school re-openings are being delayed until...