News Review Special Edition

International Developments, April 1 - May 10, 2003

Note: an abridged version of this News Review is featured in Disarmament Diplomacy No. 71 (June/July 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. 71.

Contents

• 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
• 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
• Consensus Eludes UN Disarmament Commission
• UN Department of Disarmament Affairs Launches 'Gender Action Plan'

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