Ploughshares Monitor articles from September 2001

Ploughshares Monitor archives from September 2001

Where is God in all this?(attack on America, 2001)
September 1, 2001... Just a couple of days after the horrific events of Tuesday, September 11, I sat across the table from an old friend, a businessman whose world has been that of marketing and promotion. Over the years, we have talked about these matters many...

Responding to terror: The September 11 events demonstrate that the world is interdependent. There are no reliable means of building islands of enduring, fortified safety. Security is the product of international cooperation.
September 1, 2001... The public response to the horrific events of September 11, 2001 is beginning to engage the difficult questions of how those responsible for planning and assisting in the attacks are to be brought to justice, and how the international community...

Make nuclear weapons visible.
September 1, 2001... This presentation was given at the Hiroshima Commemoration in Ottawa on August 6, 2001. If you visit the Diefenbunker in Carp, Ontario, and have a look at the Atomic Photographer's Guild exhibit which is installed there until September 15,...

A violent peace: Attempting to keep the Lid on insecurity, without addressing the core reasons for dissent, will not work. It is more likely to make western eLite societies more vulnerable.
September 1, 2001... The Cold War was immensely wasteful of human and material resources, especially when compared with the problems of poverty and underdevelopment that persisted for the whole period. It was also a period that saw the development of a remarkable...

The UN and conflict prevention: From rhetoric to concrete action.
September 1, 2001... "[M]ake conflict prevention the cornerstone of collective security in the twenty-first century." (Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations) In June, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, produced a report outlining...

Ploughshares community groups. (Network News).(remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Many Ploughshares community groups held events in August to remember the victims of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. in Winnipeg, Project Peacemakers participated in a lantern ceremony and were co-sponsors of a photo...

Staff activities. (Network News).
September 1, 2001... On Canada Day, Lynne Griffiths-Fulton and Grant Birks attended the 18th Annual Orillia Arts for Peace Festival. This year festival organizers honoured Project Ploughshares for its "ongoing work on behalf of international peace and disarmament."...

West African Small Arms Moratorium renewed. (Network News).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... In July the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) renewed the 1998 moratorium on the import, export, and manufacture of small arms and light weapons for a second three-year period. The...

Responding to terrorism: guidelines for effective action. (20-Minute Peace Workout).(letter to the prime minister)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Please use this statement to send a letter to Prime Minister Jean Chretien with copies to John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Art Eggleton, Minister of National Defence; and your own Member of Parliament (House of Commons, Ottawa,...

Spotlight on canadian military exports: Selected canadian military export contracts reports during 2000.
September 1, 2001... SPOTLIGHT ON CANADIAN MILITARY EXPORTS Selected Canadian military export contracts reports during 2000 Overseas [non-US recipients] SUPPLIER CITY, PROVINCE Atlantis Aerospace Corp Brampton, ON BAE Systems...