News Review Special Edition

International Developments, February 1-April 1, 2003

Note: an abridged version of this News Review is featured in Disarmament Diplomacy No. 70 (April/May 2003). The Review is compiled by Dr. Sean Howard on the basis of newswire reports and other specified electronic sources. The Review is an account of news reports and does not seek to put forward or reflect the views or claims of Disarmament Diplomacy.

Link to Disarmament Diplomacy No. 70.

Contents

• Security Council Bypassed, Inspections Swept Aside by Operation Iraqi Freedom
• No Breakthrough in North Korean Nuclear Crisis as Pyongyang Vows To Avoid 'Miserable Fate' of Iraq
• US Insists Iran Poses Gathering Nuclear Proliferation Threat
• Further Escalation of Political, Nuclear Tensions in South Asia
• Duma Postpones Ratification of Moscow Treaty on Eve of US-Led War in Iraq
• Pentagon Consideration of 'Mini Nukes' Hits Headlines Again
• 'A Mere Extension Of The Continuum': US Nuclear Use Policy In The Spotlight
• Pentagon Wavers Over Missile Defence Testing Request
• Senior Senate Democrats Introduce Resolution Demanding 'Comprehensive' Non-Proliferation Strategy
• Republican House Policy Committee Sets Out Ambitious Nuclear Weapons Agenda
• International Conference Focuses on 'Dirty Bomb' Threat
• CTR Under Fire As US Report Urges Greater Access to Russia WMD Sites
• Agreement on Russia Plutonium Reactor Shutdowns
• Work to Prepare CTBT Regime Continues Into Seventh Year
• New Clouds Over Russia's CW Destruction Plans
• Fourth Anniversary of Mine Ban Treaty; Landmines, Cluster Bombs Used In Iraq
• Meetings Consider Regional Small Arms Crises

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