Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 71,
June - July 2003

Contents

• Editor's Introduction
• Editorial
  • Beware Intelligence Intimidation In Defence Debates
    By Rebecca Johnson
• NPT Report
  • Rogues and Rhetoric: The 2003 NPT PrepCom Slides Backwards
    By Rebecca Johnson
  • Appendix: Chair's Factual Summary
• CWC Report
  • The CWC After Its First Review Conference : Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
    By Alexander Kelle
• News Review
  • Lessons Debated, Weapons Sought in Wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • Conflicting Signals, Confusing Claims in North Korea Nuclear Crisis
  • US Turns Fierce Diplomatic Fire on Iran and Syria over WMD, Terrorism
  • Diplomatic Thaw Raises Hopes in South Asia
  • Moscow Treaty on Hold over Iraq as US Pushes New Thinking on Nuclear Weapons
  • Consensus Eludes UNDC

Editor's Note

An expanded version of the News Review is available on our website at http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd71/nrindex.htm. In addition to supplementary coverage of many of the following stories, notably the crises in Iraq and North Korea, the online Review features 4 extra items:

• Fast-Track US Missile Defence Plans Defended
• Bipartisan Push to Bolster US WMD Threat Reduction Efforts
• Russia Makes Belated Progress in Mammoth CW Destruction Task
• UN Department of Disarmament Affairs Launches 'Gender Action Plan'

The Review, covering developments from April 1 - May 10, 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.

Executive Editor: Rebecca Johnson
Editor: Sean Howard
Research Associate: Nicola Butler
Production and Editorial Assistants:
Heather Campbell and Lorna Richardson

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