Disarmament Documentation

Disarmament Documentation Archive

For the latest Disarmament Documentation go to www.acronym.org.uk/docs. This archive contains all editions of Disarmament Documentation for the following months:

Disarmament Documentation 2003

• December 2002
• November 2002
• October 2002
• September 2002
• August 2002
• July 2002
• June 2002
• May 2002
• April 2002
• March 2002
• February 2002
• January 2002
• December 2001

December 2002

• Working Against Provocation: Interviews with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov, December 23/24
• Provisional Assessments of Iraq Weapons Declaration, December 19
• President Bush Announcement on Missile Defence Deployments, December 17
• US-Japan Ministerial Meeting, Washington, December 16: Comment on Iraq, North Korea, Missile Defence
• North Korea Statement on Nuclear Facilities & Selected Reaction, December 12-13
• Third Meeting of CCW States Parties, Geneva, December 12-13
• Fourth Annual Conference on CCW Amended Protocol II on Landmines, Geneva, December 11
• Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Meeting, Vienna, December 11-12
• China Defence White Paper, December 9
• US National Strategy to Combat WMD, December 11
• Speech by Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony, Oslo, December 10
• International Conference on IAEA Safeguards, Tokyo, December 9-10
• Challenging 'the Very Existence of WMD': Speech by Jayantha Dhanapala, December 3
• Fifth Anniversary of Mine Ban Treaty Signing, December 3

November 2002

• IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, Vienna, November 28-29
• Ballistic Missile Code of Conduct Launching Conference, The Hague, November 25-26
• NATO Summit, Prague, November 21-22
• 'Time to Decide Who Is to Blame for the Collapse': North Korean Statement on Agreed Framework, November 21
• 'Climb on Board': Speech on Missile Defence by John Bolton, November 18
• BWC Review Conference Concludes, November 15
• Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, November 14/15
  • I. 'The Highest Priority': Speech by Spencer Abraham
  • II. 'The Asymmetry Remains': Speech by Mohamed ElBaradei
  • III. 'Works in Progress': Speech by Jayantha Dhanapala
  • IV. 'The Race of Our Lives': Speech by Sam Nunn
• KEDO Statement on North Korea, November 14
• International 'Dirty Bomb' Conference Announced, November 13
• Iraq Letter to UN Secretary-General, November 13
• BioWeapons Prevention Project Launched, November 11
• UNSC Resolution on Iraq: Text & Comment, November 8
• 'A Confluence of Nefarious Motives': John Bolton Speech on Rogue States, Terrorism and WMD, November 1

October 2002

• UN Security Council Presidential Statement on Small Arms, October 31
• North Korea Nuclear Crisis: Selected Statements, October 25-27
• US Deputy Defense Secretary Speech on Missile Defence, October 24
• US National Academies' Statement on Science and Security, October 18
• Los Alamos Press Release on Neptunium Experiment, October 17
• US Statement on North Korean Nuclear Programme, October 16
• Anniversary of Outer Space Treaty: Remarks by Jayantha Dhanapala, October 14
• CWC Conference of States Parties, October 7-11
• Congressional Resolution on Iraq, October 11
• John Bolton Testimony on G-8 WMD Initiative, October 9
• 'We Refuse to Live in Fear': President Bush Speech on Iraq, October 7
• Colin Powell Speech on US-Russia Relations, October 3
• John Bolton Speech on Export Controls, October 3

September 2002

• MTCR Plenary Meeting, Warsaw, September 24-27
• ICRC Appeal on Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity, September 25
• Informal NATO Defence Ministers Meeting, Warsaw, September 24-25
• 6th Anniversary of CTBT Opening for Signature, September 24
• UK Dossier on Iraq, September 24
• 'Iraq and the War on Terrorism': Speech by Former Vice President Al Gore, September 23
• IAEA General Conference, September 16-20
• US-Russia Discussions, Washington, September 20
• 'A Distinctly American Internationalism': US National Security Strategy, September 20
• 4th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, September 16-20
• Iraq Letter to UN Secretary-General on Weapons Inspections & US/Russia Reaction, September 16-17
• US-Russia Statement on Fissile Material Reductions, September 16
• Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT, September 14
• Cuba Announces Intent to Join NPT, September 14
• Thirtieth Session of OPCW Executive Council, September 10-13
• Conclusion of Annual CD Session, September 12
  • I. Summary of Session: UN Press Release
  • II. 'Five Ambassadors' Initiative, August 29
• UN General Assembly General Debate, September 12-20: Excerpts on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation & International Security
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• President George W. Bush Speech to the UN, September 12
• Non-Proliferation as 'The Ultimate Multilateral Activity': Speech by US Assistant Secretary of State John Wolf, September 6

August 2002

• John Bolton Speech on North Korea,
  Seoul, August 29
• China Missile Export Regulations, August 25
  • I: Foreign Ministry Statement
  • II: The New Regulations
• John Bolton Speech on BWC & Roundtable on Arms Control, Tokyo, August 26/27
  • I. Speech on BWC, August 27
  • II. Roundtable on Arms Control, August 26
• Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Declarations, August 6 & 9

July 2002

• US National Academy of Sciences Report on CTBT, July 31
• ASEAN & ASEAN Regional Forum Meetings, July 29-31
• WMD Proliferation: US Congressional Testimony, July 29
• New OPCW Director-General Appointed, July 25
• Disarmament or 'Managed Proliferation'? Speech by Jayantha Dhanapala, July 14
• 'Weapons of Mass Destruction: a New Strategic Framework': Articles by John Bolton and John Wolf, July 18
• Moving Towards a Post-Arms Control Relationship: Rumsfeld Testimony on Moscow Treaty, July 17
  • I. Statement by Secretary Rumsfeld
  • II. Questions and Answers
• 'A New Way of Doing Business': Powell Testimony on Moscow Treaty, July 9

June 2002

• G8 Global Partnership Against WMD Proliferation, June 27
• Russia-China CD Working Paper on New Space Treaty, June 27
• Special Pentagon Briefing on Missile Defence, June 25
• US & Russia Begin Moscow Treaty Ratification Process, June 20-21
  • I. President Bush Letter to Senate
  • II. Russian Foreign Ministry Statement
• The War Against Terrorism: UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report, June 19
• US Withdrawal from ABM Treaty/Russia Withdrawal from START II, June 13/14
  • Statement by President Bush
  • Article by Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz
  • Russian Withdrawal from START II
• Australia Group Agrees New CBW Export Control Measures, June 6
• Russia, China and Proliferation: Congressional Testimony by Assistant Secretary John Wolf, June 6
• Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Press Conference, June 6
• 'End the Nuclear Danger: an Urgent Call', June 2002
• NATO Defence Ministers' Meetings, June 6
  • Defence Planning Committee (DPC) and Nuclear Planning Group (NPG)
  • North Atlantic Council (NAC)
  • NATO-Russia Council
• A New Nuclear Policy for NATO: Article by Lloyd Axworthy, June 3

May 2002

• Details of US-Russian Non-Proliferation Working Groups, May 30
• US Speech on Outer Space, May 28
• NATO-Russia Summit Meeting, Rome, May 28
• Senator Biden Comment on Moscow Treaty, May 28
• US-Russia Summit, Moscow and St. Petersburg, May 23-26
  • I. Strategic Offensive Reductions (SOR) Treaty
  • II. Joint Declaration on New Strategic Relationship
  • III. Other Nuclear Weapons & Non-Proliferation Discussions
  • IV. Comment and Reaction
• President Bush visit to Germany, May 23
• US Fact Sheet on BWC, May 22
• "We didn't need this treaty": Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Congressional Testimony, May 21
• A Call for an International Commission on WMD: Speech by Jayantha Dhanapala, May 18
• "Does Greenham Common Ring a Bell?": Secretary of State Powell interview with European journalists, May 17
• NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting, May 14
• US-Russia Arms Control Breakthrough Announced, May 13
  • US Comment & Reaction
    • Announcement by President Bush
    • Background Briefing by Senior US Official
    • Statement by Senator Joseph Biden
    • Other Comment
  • Russian Comment & Reaction
    • Foreign Ministry Statement
    • Interview with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov
    • Interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov
    • Remarks by President Vladimir Putin
• 'Beyond the Axis of Evil': Speech by John Bolton, May 6
• Russian Foreign Minister Visit to Washington, May 2-6

April 2002

• UK Green Paper on BWC, April 29
• US-Russia Arms Control Discussions, April 23
• Statements to CWC Special Session, April 21
  • Introductory Note
  • Statement by Ousted OPCW Director-General
  • US Statement
  • Statement by Brazil
• Remarks by US Assistant Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation, April 16
• 'A Disarmament Agenda for the 21st Century': Speech by Jayantha Dhanapala, April 2

March 2002

• 'Very Productive': US-Russia Arms Control Discussions, Geneva, March 21-22
• State Department Testimony on CBW Proliferation, March 19
• Classified Excerpts from NPR Published, March 14
• Press Conference by President Bush, March 13
• US-Russia Defence Ministers' Meeting, Washington, March 13
• 'The Second Stage': Speech by President Bush, March 11
• Article and Statements on US Nuclear-Use Policy, March 9
• Congressional Testimony by US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, March 6
• Russia-China Discussions, March 5-6
• Globalising the Cooperative Threat Reduction Programme: Speech by Senator Richard Lugar , March 4
• 'Not Proceeding Smoothly': Russian Foreign Minister Remarks on Nuclear Reduction Discussions, March 1

February 2002

• CIA Report on Russian Nuclear Weapons Security, February 22
• Russia-US Arms Control Discussions, February 19
• Interview with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, February 15
• US Congressional Testimony, February
  • Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith, February 14
  • John Gordon, Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, February 14
  • Secretary of State Colin Powell, February 13
  • Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, February 12
• Speech by Former US Vice President Al Gore, February 12
• Speech by US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, February 8
• China Statement to the CD, February 7
• US Statement to the CD, February 7
• Speech by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, February 6
• Munich Security Conference, February 1 - 3
  • Speech by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov
  • Speech by Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar
  • Speech by NATO Secretary General George Robertson
  • Speech by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
  • Speech by Senator Joseph Lieberman
  • Speech by Senator John McCain

January 2002

• Interview with US Assistant Secretary of State John Wolf, January 30
• US-Russia Arms Control Discussions, Washington, January 29
  • Russian Foreign Ministry Statement
  • Remarks by Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov
• President Bush State of the Union Address, January 29
• US Statement & Press Conference at CD, January 24
  • Statement by John Bolton
  • Press Conference by John Bolton
  • Russian Reaction to John Bolton Statement
• US Announces Plutonium Disposition Plans, January 23
• Multilateralism & WMD Terrorism: Speech by Jayantha Dhanapala, January 22
• CD Begins Annual Session, January 21
• US-Russia Arms Control Discussions, Washington, January 15-16
  • US-Russia Press Conference, January 16
  • Pentagon Briefing, January 16
• US National Intelligence Estimate on the Ballistic Missile Threat, January 10
• US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), January 8
  • Letter to Congress from US Defense Secretary, January 8
  • Pentagon Briefing, January 9
• New US Missile Defense Agency, January 4
• India-Pakistan Crisis, December-January
  • National televised address by Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, January 12
  • Reaction to General Musharraf's Address
  • Statements & Comment on the Danger of Conflict

December 2001

• US Review of Non-Proliferation Assistance to Russia, December 27
• NATO Defence Ministers' Meetings, December 18
  • Defence Planning Committee & Nuclear Planning Group: Final Communiqué
  • North Atlantic Council: Final Communiqué
  • Statement on Combating Terrorism
  • US Defense Secretary Remarks on Washington/Crawford Summit
  • US Defense Secretary Remarks on Terrorism and WMD
  • US Defense Secretary Press Conference
• US Withdrawal from ABM Treaty, December 13: Announcement & Reaction
  • Announcement by President Bush
  • Text of Diplomatic Notes of Withdrawal
  • Remarks by Secretary of State Powell
  • International Comment and Reaction
  • US Comment and Reaction
• Speech on National Security by President Bush, December 11
• Powell-Ivanov Meeting, Moscow, December 10
• NATO Foreign Ministers' Meetings & Discussions with Russia, December 6-7
  • Final Communiqué
  • Statement on Terrorism
  • NATO-Russia Joint Statement

Disarmament Documentation is a compilation of recent official documents and statements on arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament. Disarmament Documentation is compiled by Dr Sean Howard and Nicola Butler.

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