Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 40, September - October 1999

Contents

• Editor's Introduction
• CTBT in Crisis
  • Introduction
  • Article XIV Conference on Entry Into Force
    by Rebecca Johnson
  • What Went Wrong with US Senate Ratification
    by Daryl Kimball
  • International Implications of US Senate Vote
    by Patricia M Lewis
  • Verifying the CTBT
    by Oliver Meier
• Opinion & Analysis
  • Negotiating on BTWC Verification
    by Henrietta Wilson
  • The Pros and Cons of De-Altering
    by Ivan Safrantchouk
  • UNGA First Committee Report by Sharon Riggle
• CTBT Statements
• Documents and Sources September:
  • P-5 Statement on Arms Control
  • IAEA 1999 General Conference
  • Partial Lifting of US Sanctions against N Korea
  • US-Russia Y2K Centre
  • US-Russia Agree on Nuclear Materials Storage
  • CIA Ballistic Missile Threat Report
  • Canada-US Plutonium Trial Agrement
  • Richard Butler Testimony on Iraq
  • Security Review of US Nuclear Laboratories
  • US Report on Civilians in Armed Conflict
• Documents and Sources October:
  • Military Coup in Pakistan
  • Statement by Indian Prime Minister
  • US National Defense Authorization Act
  • US Energy Secretary Visit to Moscow
  • NATO Statement on Non-Lethal Weapons
• News Review
  • Russia Firm on ABM Treaty as US Tests
  • US National Nuclear Security Administration To Be Set Up
  • No US Sanctions Against China over Pakistan Missiles
  • US National Ignition Facility in Trouble
  • Report Alleges Nuclear Assistance Funding Flaws
  • Russian reaction to US Congressional Measure on Iran
  • Economic Costs of South Asia Arms Race
  • Conference on Semipalatinsk testing
  • NGO Campaign for Y2K Nuclear "Holiday"
  • Stockholm Symposium on Nuclear Threats
  • Breakthrough in US-North Korea Relations
  • UN Iraq Policy
  • US Alleges CFE Treaty Violations in Chechnya
  • US Report on 21^st Century Threats

News Review is compiled by Dr. Sean Howard from newswire reports and Internet sources appearing August 15 - October 15. The Review is an account of news reports and does not seek to put forward or reflect the views or claims of the Acronym Institute.

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