News Review Special Edition

International Developments, May 1 - July 10, 2003

Note: an abridged version of this News Review is featured in Disarmament Diplomacy No. 72 (August 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.

Contents

• Search For WMD In Iraq Fuels Crisis Of Credibility Over Pre-War Claims
• Rough Waters, Diplomatic Drift in North Korea Nuclear Crisis
• IAEA Increases Pressure On Iran Over Nuclear Inspections
• Hesitant Rapprochement, Wary Diplomacy in South Asia
• International Efforts Intensify for Common Non-Proliferation Strategy
• Moscow Treaty Enters into Force
• Congress Embraces New Nuclear Agenda, Opens Door Wider to 'Mini-Nukes'
• Faltering Path to Initial US Missile Defence Deployments
• Lethal War Debris In Iraq Forms Grim Backdrop To UN Discussions On Unexploded Ordnance
• 25th Anniversary of First Special UN Session on Disarmament
• SIPRI Charts Steeply Rising Military Spending In Post-9/11 Era

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