Ploughshares Monitor articles from September 2007

Ploughshares Monitor archives from September 2007

Building consensus on Canada's role in Afghanistan.
September 22, 2007... The current Canadian Forces commitment to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Khandahar ends in February 2009. During the summer Prime Minister Stephen Harper and then Defence Minister Gordon O'Conner made it clear that...

Exploring security challenges to peace in Sudan: the May 2007 Juba roundtable.(Discussion)
September 22, 2007... From 9 to 10 May 2007, Project Ploughshares program associate Emily Schroeder participated in a roundtable in Juba, South Sudan that focused on security challenges to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the...

Democratic transition in Sudan: prospects for the 2009 elections.
September 22, 2007... Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in January 2005, marked the end of the civil war between the Government and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). According to the CPA, midterm elections are to...

Further progress towards an Arms Trade Treaty.
September 22, 2007... UN member states voted overwhelmingly in favour of the UN General Assembly (GA) resolution "Towards an Arms Trade Treaty" in late 2006. (1) In 2007 written submissions from many UN member states demonstrated mostly positive views on an ATT....

Preventable harm, foreseeable solution: the campaign to end the use of cluster munitions.
September 22, 2007... Cluster munitions kill and maim indiscriminately--and can keep on killing and maiming long after they are launched. Current and recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon showcase the widespread destruction that cluster munitions...

Towards Global standards: regional experience in small Arms Transfer controls.(New Publication)
September 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The six papers in this collection were commissioned for an international seminar on the "Regional Dimensions of Global Small Arms and Light Weapons Transfer Principles" held in Waterloo, Canada in February 2007. The...

The Nobel Peace Medal in Canada and the obligations of leadership.
September 22, 2007... An international experts workshop on "Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament" was held 5-7 July 2007 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first Pugwash Conference. Among the speakers was Ernie Regehr, Senior Policy...

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
September 22, 2007... The North Korean test of 9 October 2006 illustrated, as did earlier Indian and Pakistani tests, the inadequacy of unilaterally declared moratoria on nuclear testing and the critical importance of finally ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban...

The FMCT: temptation and dashed hopes at the Conference on Disarmament.(Conference news)
September 22, 2007... This article is based on Ernie Regehr's presentation to the Pugwash 50th-Anniversary Workshop. ********** Last year Daryl Kimball (2006) of the US Arms Control Association reminded us of just how tantalizingly close the world is to...

Selected Canadian military export contracts or deliveries reported during 2006.
September 22, 2007... Selected Canadian military export contracts or deliveries reported during 2006 Overseas contacts during 2006 (non-US) Military product Supplier Location or service ...

Back to the future: the Outer Space Treat turns 40.
September 22, 2007... Renewed interest in outer space has been sparked by the Chinese anti-satellite test on 11 January 2007, negotiations to deploy elements of the US Ballistic Missile Defense System in Poland and the Czech Republic, a new US National Space Policy,...

New intern welcomed.(Adam Parsons)(Brief article)
September 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On 17 September, we welcomed Adam Parsons, the first intern in The Presbyterian Church in Canada's Peace and Human Security Internship Program with Project Ploughshares. Adam recently completed his MA in...