Ploughshares Monitor articles from September 2000

Ploughshares Monitor archives from September 2000

Small arms and the UN conference: forging international norms.
September 1, 2000... In 2001 the United Nations will host a world conference to address one of the planet's most potent killers -- the small arms and light weapons that account for up to 90 per cent of all combat deaths (more than half of which are civilians) in...

Tackling the small arms problem in Africa.
September 1, 2000... When Africa ceased to serve as a proxy in the ideological rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union, it was clear that numerous security challenges would come to the surface. One was the problem of freely circulating small arms, which...

NATO's nuclear agenda: recommendations for actions.
September 1, 2000... NATO's 19 member states are currently engaged in a process of developing new policies for arms control and disarmament. At their Florence meeting in May 2000, allied foreign ministers stated that they were expecting to receive a "substantive...

Churches of Latin America say "no" to guns.
September 1, 2000... The following is the statement of the "Ecumenical Consultation on Small Arms in Latin America," which was sponsored by the World Council of Churches in collaboration with the Latin American Council of Churches and in partnership with Viva Rio...

Selected Canadian military export contracts reported during 1999.
September 1, 2000... Overseas [non-US recipients] [Part 1 of 3] Supplier City, Province Atlantis Aerospace Corp Brampton, ON BAE Systems Canada Ltd Montreal, PQ BAE Systems Canada Ltd Montreal, PQ...

Canada and the US National Missile Defense program.
September 1, 2000... The United States is developing a National Missile Defense (NMD) system designed to intercept and destroy a small number of long-range ballistic missiles launched at the United States. The prospect of a defence against a ballistic missile...

CF-18 fighter aircraft modernization.
September 1, 2000... The Department of National Defence (DND) has begun a multiyear incremental program to modernize the Air Force fleet of CF-18 fighter aircraft. Unlike most other DND major capital projects, the modernization effort will be made up of several...

(United Nations) Millennium summit.
September 1, 2000... The United Nations' Millennium Summit -- convened under the auspices of the 55th session of the UN General Assembly, the "millennium Assembly" -- brought the leaders and representatives of 187 states together in New York in September to...

Four-part documentary series In pursuit of human security.
September 1, 2000... The Simons Foundation, in partnership with Knowledge Network, British Columbia's public educational broadcaster, have produced a four-part documentary series about the dangers of militarism and the prospects for peace entitled In Pursuit of...