Conference on Disarmament (CD)

Acronym Institute Coverage, 2001 - 2008

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Documents and Analysis

• The Conference on Disarmament in 2008: Still in Denial, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No. 88, Summer 2008
• Conference on Disarmament fails to adopt 2008 programme of work, tries new P-6 presidential draft decision, March 13, 2008
• Draft Text on eliminating intermediate and shorter range missiles, proposed by Russia, 13 February 2008
• Draft Text on the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space submitted by Russia and China, 13 February 2008
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speech to the CD, 12 February 2008
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, press conference, Geneva, 12 February 2008
• Russian Foreign Ministry statement on initiatives in the CD, 12 February 2008
• UK Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne speech to the Conference on Disarmament, 5 February 2008
• New Impetus, Old Excuses - Report on the Conference on Disarmament in 2007, by Michael Hamel-Green, Disarmament Diplomacy, No.86, Autumn 2007
• CD ends 2007 session with no work programme, Disarmament Diplomacy No. 85, Summer 2007
• CD edges closer to a Work Programme, In the News, Disarmament Diplomacy No.84, Spring 2007
• Time for a Fissban - or Farewell?
  by Jenni Rissanen
  The IAEA's former representative in Geneva provides an in-depth analysis of past efforts and current prospects for negotiating a fissile material production ban in the Conference on Disarmament. Includes verbatim texts of the US no-verification mandate, draft and explanation tabled in May 2006.
  See also:
  • US Draft Fissban Mandate, Text and Explanation
• The Fissban: Time for Renewed Commitment or a New Approach? by Jean du Preez, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.79, April/May 2005
• US proposes "no-verification" Fissban to be negotiated at the Conference on Disarmament, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.78, July/August 2004
• Cooperation and Defection in the Conference on Disarmament
  by John Borrie
  An unusual and thought-provoking analysis of the causes and dynamics of the impasse in the CD, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.82, Spring 2006.

Developments in 2003

• Overcoming Deadlock in the CD, By Rakesh Sood, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No. 73, October - November 2003
• The 2003 Conference on Disarmament (CD): Update No. 1, the Indian Presidency, January-February, by Aaron Tovish
• 'There Certainly Remains Room For Arms Control. But...': Interview With Stephen Rademaker, US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, March 4
• 'Effective Multilateralism': US Statement to the CD, February 13
• 'Invaluable Opportunities': UN Secretary-General Annual Message to the Conference on Disarmament, January 21

Developments in 2002

• CD Closes 2002 Still Deadlocked
  By Rebecca Johnson
• Conclusion of Annual CD Session, September 12
• Russia-China CD Working Paper on New Space Treaty, June 27
• CD Update: Conference Remains Deadlocked after First Part of 2002 Session , by Rebecca Johnson, May - June 2002
• China Statement to the CD, February 7
• US Statement to the CD, February 7
• US Statement & Press Conference at CD, January 24
• CD Begins Annual Session, January 21

Developments in 2001

CD Update: Disarmament Diplomacy

• September 2001: Annual Session Ends In Shadow of Attacks in US, by Jenni Rissanen.
• July - August 2001: Special Coordinators Report No Agreement as Session Nears End, by Jenni Rissanen.
• June 2001: Modest Appointments, by Jenni Rissanen.
• May 2001: CD Inches Forward: Reform Coordinators But No Negotiations, by Jenni Rissanen.
• March 2001: CD Concludes First Part of 2001 Session Empty-Handed , by Jenni Rissanen, and Moving the CD Agenda, by Rebecca Johnson.
• February 2001: The Search for a Work Programme: the CD Fighting a Losing Battle?, by Jenni Rissanen.
• December 2000 - January 2001: CD Begins New Year at High Level, but with Low Expectations, by Jenni Rissanen, and Breaking the CD Impasse, by Vladimir Petrovsky and Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy No. 53, January 2001.
• September 2000: Silence and Stagnation as the CD Concludes a Fruitless Year, by Jenni Rissanen.
• June 2000: NPT Outcome Fails to Kickstart CD, by Jenni Rissanen.
• March 2000: CD Still Deadlocked, by Jenni Rissanen.
• January - February 2000: CD Split Over Priorities, by Jenni Rissanen.

CD Bulletins

• September 13, 2001
• September 11, 2001
• September 4, 2001
• August 30, 2001
• August 28, 2001
• August 23, 2001
• August 16, 2001
• August 9, 2001
• August 2, 2001
• June 28, 2001
• June 21 and 22, 2001
• June 14, 2001
• June 7, 2001
• May 31, 2001
• May 23, 2001
• May 17, 2001
• March 27, 2001
• March 22, 2001
• March 15, 2001
• March 8, 2001
• March 1, 2001
• February 22, 2001
• February 15, 2001
• February 8, 2001

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