Disarmament Diplomacy

Issue No. 83
Winter 2006

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Contents

• The Realist Message: Abolish Nuclear Weapons
  editorial by Rebecca Johnson
  
  
• The UK White Paper on Renewing Trident: the wrong decision at the wrong time
  by Rebecca Johnson
  Providing a critical assessment of the Trident renewal justifications by Tony Blair's government, Acronym Institute's director argues for Britain to play a more visionary and coherent role to prevent security threats that nuclear weapons will not prove capable of deterring.
  See also:
  • Tony Blair introduces White Paper, statement to Parliament December 4, 2006
  • Faslane 365: Don't replace Trident, scrap it!
  
  
• Time for a Fissban - or Farewell?
  by Jenni Rissanen
  The IAEA's former representative in Geneva provides an in-depth analysis of past efforts and current prospects for negotiating a fissile material production ban in the Conference on Disarmament. Includes verbatim texts of the US no-verification mandate, draft and explanation tabled in May 2006.
  See also:
  • US Draft Fissban Mandate, Text and Explanation
  
  
• Cooperation and Cautious Optimism: Report on the 2006 UN First Committee
  by Jennifer Nordstrom
  A comprehensive report on the UN's annual disarmament and security deliberations, with a detailed summary of all resolutions and votes in the 61st First Committee and General Assembly.
  
  
• In the News
  • UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Calls for Progress on Nuclear disarmament and Non-proliferation
  • North Korea's Nuclear Test: Assessing the Fallout
  • UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006) on Non-proliferation

Executive Director and Editor: Rebecca Johnson
Deputy Director and Website Manager: Nicola Butler
Assistant editor: Henrietta Wilson
UN Consultant: Jennifer Nordstrom
Cover Design: Calvert's Press
Cover photo © REJ 2006, Trident in the Gare Loch, near Faslane.

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