Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Rethink the Unthinkable by Senator Douglas Roche – The Globe and Mail
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 The idea of waging nuclear war is taking flight in Washington. Canada must protest, says DOUGLAS ROCHE, former chair of the UN Disarmament Committee. Nuclear weapons are back on the front pages, with news of a Bush administration policy...
Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in U.S. Nuclear Doctrine / Rethink the Unthinkable – The Idea of Waging War is Taking Flight in Washington by Jonathan Granoff
Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate...
A)- Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in U.S. Nuclear Doctrine B)- The Idea of Waging War is Taking Flight in Washington DC. Canada Must Protest, Says Douglas Roche, Former Chair of the UN Disarmament Committee
A)- Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a political...
The Middle Power Initiative and The Global Security Institute Link Arms for Disarmament – Announcement
In January 2002, the GSI Board of Directors and the MPI International Steering Committee unanimously endorsed a resolution accepting "the Middle Powers Initiative [www.middlepowers.org]as a program of the Global Security Institute." GSI will now take responsibility...
Seven Steps the U.S. Can Take to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
1. DE-ALERT ARSENALS Most Americans do not know that both the U.S. and Russia maintain a policy requiring that their nuclear arsenals, including more than 6000 strategic warheads in silos and submarines, remain on a Cold War level of hair-trigger alert, ready to...
The NPT: Crisis and challenge (Part IV) by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C.
14. Reducing Nuclear Danger: Priority Points 14.1A number of delegations referred to a recent report, "Reducing Nuclear Danger," published by the U.N.'s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters < http://www.un.org/documents/ga/docs/56/a56400.pdf>. Germany...
Statement Before the First Committee of the General Assembly by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs – United Nations
October 8, 2001 I begin by congratulating you, Mr. Chairman, upon your election to guide the work of this Committee. Your distinguished career equips you well for the tasks ahead -- a career that, in the disarmament area, features your prominent role in the historic...
Disaster Spotlights Need for International Action – GSI Statement Following The Attack Against Humanity, New York and Washington DC
September 23, 2001 Since World War II, humanity has mastered extraordinary challenges. We can orbit the earth. We can transplant organs. We can travel faster than sound, and we can communicate across the globe almost instantaneously. We can commit global suicide, too....
Disaster Spotlights Need for International Action by Kim Cranston and Laura Mcgrath Moulton – San Jose Mercury News – Perspective
Sunday, September 23, 2001 Since World War II, humanity has mastered extraordinary challenges. We can orbit the earth. We can transplant organs. We can travel faster than sound, and we can communicate across the globe almost instantaneously. We can commit global...
A)- Our Best Defense / To the Editor B)- Missile Defense a Threat
To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition's spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather than diplomacy: "When I...