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 2003
• November 2003
• October 2003
• September 2003
• August 2003
• July 2003
• June 2003
• May 2003
• April 2003
• March 2003
• February 2003
• January 2003

See also:

• Disarmament Documentation 2001-02

December 2003

• '[O]ur attitude to the expansion.. remains calmly negative', Andrei Kelin, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 31
• 'We continue to be willing to engage with Iran on specific issues of mutual concern', State Department Briefing, December 30
• 'It should not be just simply the right of every country to develop weapon usable material', IAEA Director Dr Mohamed ElBaradei interview with CNN, December 29
• '[O]ur strategy is not defined by preemption. Above all, the president's strategy is one of partnerships', US Secretary of State Colin Powell, December 2003
• 'It sounds like a bit of a red herring to me', Coalition Provisional Authority Administrator Paul Bremer on Tony Blair's WMD claims, December 28
• US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Iraq and the Middle East, December 25
• '[W]e're not after regime change in North Korea', US Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, December 23
• Libya declares its intention to dismantle its Weapons of Mass Destruction, December 19
• 'Europe and Beyond: A Broader Mission for NATO', US Ambassador to NATO R Nicholas Burns, December 19
• Iran Signs Additional Protocol on Nuclear Safeguards, December 18
• '[W]e're really moving forward with this transatlantic relationship', US Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, December 17
• Proliferation Security Initiative Operation Experts meeting, Washington DC, December 16-17
• 'An International Order based on Effective Multilateralism,' European Council, December 12
• 'Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Iraq Were Preventable', Human Rights Watch reports on Cluster Munitions and 'Decapitation' Attacks in Iraq, December 12
• 'Decisions on whether to replace Trident are not needed this Parliament but are likely to be required in the next one', UK Defence White Paper, December 11
• 'I don't know what you're talking about, about international law,' Bush on the decision to restrict Iraq reconstruction contracts, December 11
• 'What is clear is that in no case the DPRK would freeze its nuclear activities unless it is rewarded,' North Korea on the future of six-party talks, December 9
• '[A] foundation or framework for coordinated, multilateral action to enforce non-proliferation norms', UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Nobuyasu Abe, on the Proliferation Security Initiative, December 3
• NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting, December 4-5
• China defends it's stance on non-proliferation and export controls, China Ministry for Foreign Affairs, December 3
• 'Collective action is needed', UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, December 2
• Bolton on Iran, North Korea and the Proliferation Security Inititiative, December 2
• NATO Defence Ministers' Meeting, December 1-2

November 2003

• CIA defends National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, Stu Cohen, CIA, November 28
• 'The actual report was not provided to UNMOVIC or to IAEA', UNMOVIC report to the UN Security Council, November 26
• IAEA Resolution on Iran, Text and International Reaction, November 26
• Bush signs $400 billion defense authorization bill, November 24
• Franco-British summit, London, November 24
• 'The lesson of Iraq is that we should be very cautious about jumping to conclusions', IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei on Iran, November 24
• '[I]t is unclear to us why UNMOVIC and IAEA are not being informed,' Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Sergey Lavrov on Iraq, November 21
• '[W]e have no proof to date that Iran's past undeclared activities have been linked to a nuclear weapons programme', IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, November 20
• 'America is fortunate to call this country our closest friend in the world', President Bush State Visit to London, November 19-21
• '[T]he project has faced intense political opposition in Congress and elsewhere', Senator Lugar on the Nunn-Lugar Program, November 19
• 'US capable of fighting simultaneous conflicts,' US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on North Korea, November 18
• Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov on Iraq and Iran, November 18
• '[T]he international regimes for counter-proliferation are inadequate', US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, November 18
• 'Our European partners do not share America's point of view', American Enterprise Institute event on Iran, November 17, 2003
• Iraqi Governing Council and Coalition Provisional Authority timetable on Iraq, November 15
• U.S. Senate Approves Legislation to Impose Sanctions on Syria, November 14
• 'Flexible and Responsive', US National Security Advisor Dr Condoleezza Rice on the new 'timetable' in Iraq, November 13
• 'What we do not believe... is that only the Security Council can grant the authority we need', John Bolton on the Proliferation Security Initiative, November 13
• IAEA Report on Iran, excerpts and reaction, November 12-13
• Blair and Bush on Bush's forthcoming State visit to Britain, November 10-12
• 'Possible' in December, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Losyukov on six-party talks on the DPRK nuclear programme, November 12
• Burns and Grossman on Refocussing NATO's Mission to reach out to the Greater Middle East, November 11-12
• CIA Report to Congress on WMD and Advanced Conventional Munitions' proliferation, November 10
• Iran to sign Additional Protocol, IAEA Press Release and Statement, November 10
• US, Russia Joint Statement on Return of Russian Research Reactor Fuel, and on joint venture in Russian closed nuclear city, November 5 & 7
• 'I see no reason to bring it up,' White House spokesperson Scott McClellan on last minute efforts to avoid war with Iraq, November 5
• 'Another area where there are concerns and differences has to do with proliferation,' Secretary of State Colin Powell on US-China relations, November 5
• '[T]he way the NPT is structured provides a framework in which a state may acquire many of those assets needed to develop nuclear weapons capability', US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, November 5
• 'I believe it would be prudent for the UN and IAEA inspectors to return to Iraq,' IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, November 3
• '[C]learly inconsistent with American standards', US Under Secretary of State John Bolton on the International Criminal Court, November 3
• '[G]ood and steady progress', IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei on Iran, November 2

October 2003

• 'People have known for a long time that the nonproliferation treaty was in trouble', US National Security Advisor Dr Condoleezza Rice on terrorism and proliferation, October 30
• 'We are aware of Syrian efforts to acquire dual-use technologies that could be applied to a nuclear weapons program', Assistant Secretary of State William J. Burns, October 30
• Bolton on Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Proliferation Security Initiative, October 30
• DPRK agrees to further six-party talks, October 30
• '[C]almly negative', Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexander Yakovenko on further NATO enlargement, October 29
• 'Military power alone cannot win this war,' Senator Hagel outlines five priorities for US Foreign Policy, October 29
• 'There is little doubt that the [NPT] treaty is facing some difficult challenges in the years ahead,' UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Nobuyasu Abe, October 29
• 'We're Not Leaving,' President Bush on Iraq, October 28
• 'We are in a new phase', Iran Provides Nuclear Declaration to the IAEA, October 23
• 'I just can't respect anybody that would really let his people starve', President Bush on North Korea, October 22
• Visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Foreign Ministers of Britain, France and Germany, October 21
• '[S]ecurity assurances might be provided within the multilateral context', Joint Statement by the US and the Republic of Korea, October 20
• 'NATO's future, we believe, is east, and is south. It's in the Greater Middle East,' US Permanent Representative to NATO Nicholas Burns, October 19
• 'So the multilateral route is the only realistic one,' French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, October 19
• US on North Korea Security Assurances, October 19
• 'We are striking our enemies before they can strike us', President Bush, California, October 16
• 'I am cautiously optimistic', IAEA Director General, Mohammed ElBaradei, Interview with the BBC, Tehran, October 16
• UN Security Council Resolution 1511 on Iraq: Resolution Text & Selected Comments, October 16
• US House Approves Legislation To Impose Sanctions on Syria, October 15
• Boucher on Iran and Israel, October 14
• 'The PSI serves notice to proliferators that the international community is determined to take concrete steps to prevent trafficking in WMD and related technology', Proliferation Security Initiative meeting, London, October 9-10
• 'Iraq was in material breach of its United Nations obligations before the Security Council passed Resolution 1441', Op-ed by US Secretary of State Colin Powell, October 7
• '[Y]ou may work on nonproliferation but working on disarmament in the long run serves nonproliferation causes', Keynote Address by UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Nobuyasu Abe, October 6
• '[W]e are not yet at the point where we can say definitively either that such weapon stocks do not exist or that they existed before the war', Testimony by David Kay, Iraq Survey Group, October 2

September 2003

• Meeting Between US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Camp David, Maryland, September 27
• 'The United States Is Dismayed By Such Criticisms': Speech by Stephen G. Rademaker, US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, September 26
• 'We Need A Systemic Vision Combining Political And, When Necessary, Military Measures': Statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin, UN General Assembly, September 25
• Report by the UN Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, September 25
• Afghanistan Accedes to CWC and CTBT, September 24
• 'Deep Concern At The lack Of Progress': New Agenda Coalition Ministerial Declaration, September 23
• Opening of UN General Assembly General Debate, September 23: Statements by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, US President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac
• 'I believe it [war] could have been avoided': Interview with French President Jacques Chirac, September 22
• 'Options For Transforming The Stockpile': US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, Letter on US Nuclear Weapons Development, September 22
• 'Development Denied': Release of Small Arms Survey 2003, September 22
• Return of HEU from Romania to Russia: US Energy Department Statement, September 22
• Message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, International Day of Peace, September 21
• Moscow International Non-Proliferation Conference, September 19-20: Statements by UN, Russian, US & Iranian Officials
• 47th IAEA Annual General Conference, Vienna, September 15-19
• Fifth Annual Meeting of Mine Ban Treaty, Bangkok, Thailand, September 15-19
• 'The US Is Not Accentuating The "Axis" Now, But Readiness For Discussion': Interview with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, September 17
• 'We Can Settle For Nothing Less Than Total Victory': Speech by US Vice President Dick Cheney, September 17
• 'Proliferators...Must Understand That They Will Pay A Steep Price For Their Efforts': US Undersecretary of State John Bolton, Congressional Testimony on Syria, September 16
• US-China Statement of Intent on Nuclear Technology Exchange Safeguards, September 16
• US-South Korea Agreement on Advanced Proliferation-Resistant Nuclear Technologies, September 15
• US-Russia BioIndustry Initiative, September 15
• 'It's Time For Others To Join Us': Speech by US President George W. Bush, September 12
• Sao Tome and Principe Brings CWC Membership to 154: OPCW Press Release, September 12
• 2003 Landmine Monitor Released, September 9
• Iran Crisis Deepens: IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, Vienna, September 8-12
  • I. Statement by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, September 8
  • II. US Statement, September 9
  • III. Resolution on Iran, September 12
  • IV. Statements & Comment on Iran Resolution
• 'Victory Will Only Occur Through The Sustained Efforts Of A Global Coalition': White House Progress Report on Global War on Terrorism, September 11
• US-China Relations: US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, Congressional testimony, September 11
• Conference on Disarmament Concludes 2003 Session Without Agreement, September 9
• 'Iraq Is Now The Central Front': Televised Address by US President George W. Bush, September 7
• 'Above All, The President's Strategy Is A Strategy Of Partnerships': Speech by US Secretary of State Colin Powell, September 5
• 'The Total Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons Must Remain The Top Priority': UN Disarmament Yearbook Published, September 5
• Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of CTBT, Vienna, September 3-5
  • I. Background Information & Preview of Meeting: CTBTO Press Release, August 29
  • II. Selected Statements to the Conference
  • III. Summary of Meeting: UN Press Release, September 5
  • IV. Final Declaration & Measures to Promote Entry into Force, September 5
• Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Meeting, Paris, September 3-4
  • I. Statement of Interdiction Principles
  • II. Press Statement
  • III. White House Statement
• 'We Will Stay The Course Looking For A Diplomatic Solution': US Secretary of State Colin Powell Remarks on North Korea, September 3
• US Requests Extension of CW Destruction Deadline, September 3

August 2003

• Six-Party Talks on the North Korea Nuclear Crisis, Beijing, August 27-29: Statements and Comment
• 'I take full responsibility for the decisions': Tony Blair evidence to the Hutton Inquiry, August 28
• 'Our Only Goal, Our Only Option, Is Total Victory': Speech by US President George W. Bush, August 26
• 'We're Going To Get To The Bottom Of This And Find The WMD': Press Roundtable with US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, August 26
• 'The Future Of Arms Control And Disarmament Is Seriously Threatened': Speech by Nobuyasu Abe, UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Osaka, August 19
• 'A Major Cleanup Milestone': US Department of Energy Announcement on Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Complex, August 19
• Nagasaki Day, August 9
• 'Strategic Miscalculations, Serious Misjudgments, And Historic Mistakes': Speech by Al Gore, August 7
• 'A Crisis Dangerous Enough': Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov, interview on North Korea, August 6
• Hiroshima Day, August 6
• 'We're Not Doing Non-Aggression Pacts': US Secretary of State Colin, Press Conference, August 1

July 2003

• 'Nobody Doubted That He Had Weapons Of Mass Destruction': Interview with US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, July 31
• 'Certainly In The Non-Proliferation Area We Are Trying To Change People's Cost-Benefit Analysis': Interview with Paula DeSutter, US Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, July 31
• Russia Announces DPRK Agreement To Participate In Six-Party Talks, July 31
• 'The Days Of DPRK Blackmail Are Over': Speech by US Undersecretary of State John Bolton, Seoul, July 31
• 'In Order To Placate The Critics And The Cynics...We Need To Produce Evidence': President George W. Bush Press Conference, July 30
• 'Ultimately It Would Be Useful For All Five Of The Legitimate Nuclear-Weapons States To Participate [In Talks With North Korea': US Undersecretary of State John Bolton, Press Conference, Beijing, July 28
• 'We Had The Coalition We Needed. We Went To War': Interview on Iraq with US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, July 27
• 50th Anniversary of Korean War Armistice Agreement: Statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, July 25
• China's Non-Proliferation Policies: Statement by US Assistant Secretary of State Paula DeSutter, July 24
• 'How Could Any Responsible Leader Have Ignored The Iraqi Threat?': Speech by US Vice President Dick Cheney, July 24
• 'The Evidence Will Be There For The World To See': Interview on Iraq with US Secretary of State Colin Powell, July 23
• Interview on Iraq and North Korea with US Secretary of State Colin Powell, July 22
• Pre-War Intelligence on Iraqi WMD: Press Briefing by US Deputy National Security Adviser and White House Director of Communications, July 22
• The Resurrection of Multilateral Disarmament: Lecture by Jayantha Dhanapala, July 21
• US Department of Energy Statement on Nuclear Cities Initiative (NCI), July 22
• 'We Are Not Planning To Develop Any New Nuclear Weapons At All': Article by US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, July 21
• 'I Submit That It Is The Policies Of The Current Administration That Should Be Called Anti-American': Speech by Professor Joseph Rotblat, Halifax, July 18
• Budget Breakthrough, Mounting Challenges: Statement by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, Vienna, July 18
• 'America must listen as well as lead', Tony Blair speech to Congress, July 18, 2003
• US-Russian Plutonium Reactor Shutdown Agreement: New Implementation Measures Agreed, July 17
• 'No Longer Does The United States Fixate On India's Nuclear Weapons And Missile Programmes': Speech by Robert D. Blackwill, Outgoing US Ambassador to India, July 17
• 'An Important Step Forward': Algeria Ratifies CTBT, July 11
• "These 16 Words Should Never Have Been Included In The Text Written For The President": CIA Director Statement on Iraq Uranium Reference in State of the Union Address, July 11
• UN Programme of Action on Small Arms: First Biennial Meeting, New York, July 7-11
• Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Meeting, Brisbane, July 9-10
• The Decision to go to War in Iraq, UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report, July 7
• 'The Purpose Of The Commission Is To Provide New Impetus To International Efforts...In Disarmament And Non-Proliferation': Sweden Announces Plans, Appoints Chair For Independent WMD Commission, July 3

June 2003

• 'A 10-Point Plan For N. Korea': Proposal by US Representative Curt Weldon, June 30
• 'No one should ever compare Iran with Iraq', UK Foreign Secretary's visit to Iran, June 30, 2003
• 'Our Future Relationship With Russia Will Depend In Large Measure On Our Ability To Work Together In Facing The Related Security Threats Of Terrorism And The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction': Speech by Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, June 28
• US Security Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region: Congressional Testimony by Peter Rodman, Assistant secretary of Defense, June 26
• EU - US Summit, Washington, June 25, 2003
• 'We cannot renounce our rights for peaceful use of nuclear energy', Iran Foreign Ministry Reaction to the IAEA meeting, June 23, 2003
• Putin Press Conference & Interview, June 21 - 22, 2003
• EU Summit, Thessaloniki, June 19-20, 2003
• IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, Vienna, June 16-20
• 'The President does not take options off the table', White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, June 19, 2003
• 'Constructive and conditional engagement', UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, June 17
• 'The Decision to go to War in Iraq', UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee Inquiry, June
  • I. 'Intelligence... is a bit like alphabet soup', Oral Evidence from Robin Cook MP
  • II. 'I presume that he saw it as an honourable deception', Oral Evidence from Clare Short MP
  • III. 'A mistake was made within the drafting process', Oral Evidence from Alastair Campbell, Director of Communications and Strategy, 10 Downing Street
  • IV. 'It was authorised by the Prime Minister', Oral Evidence from Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
• EU Foreign Ministers' meeting, Luxembourg, June 16, 2003
• Japan-South Korea-US Statement on North Korea Nuclear Programme, June 13
• NATO Defence Ministers' Meetings, June 12 - 13, 2003
• 'Many Nations In Europe - But Not All - See The Nexus Of Terror And Weapons Of Mass Destruction As A Very Serious Threat': Speech by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, June 11
• 'The DPRK Will Have No Option But To Build Up A Nuclear Deterrent Force': North Korean Statement, June 9
• Non-Proliferation Policy & The Iran Crisis: Statements by US Undersecretary of State John Bolton, June 4/5
• '[T]he Commission has not...found evidence of the continuation or resumption of programmes of weapons of mass destruction', Statement by UNMOVIC Executive Chair Hans Blix, June 5, 2003.
• NATO/NRC Meetings, Madrid, June 3/4
• 'We will not ignore the proliferation implications of Iran's advanced nuclear program', G8 Summit, Evian, June 1-3, 2003
  • I. Non Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, a G8 Declaration
  • II. Non Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Securing Radioactive Sources, a G8 Statement
  • III. Non Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Securing Radioactive Sources, a G8 Action Plan
  • IV. Global Partnership against the spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, a G8 Action Plan
  • V. Global Partnership against the spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, G8 Senior Officials Group Annual Report
• '100 per cent' behind Iraq evidence, Tony Blair, June 2
• Bush-Putin Meeting, St. Petersburg, June 1: Joint Statement & Press Conference

May 2003

• 'NATO Must Be Prepared To Meet The Challenges Of Our Time': Speech by President George W. Bush, May 31
• 'We Should Never Get Into The Situation Again...We Got Into With Iraq': US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, interview with foreign correspondents, May 29
• US Assistance in Russian Plutonium Reactor Shutdowns: Energy Department Press Release, May 27
• 'The NPT Regime Is Not Working': Speech by Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, May 26
• G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Paris, May 22-23
• End of the Sanctions Era: UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq, May 22
• 'You Take Note Of Those Who Disagree With You': US Secretary of State Press Conference, Paris, May 22
• 'Iraq...Should Not Be Over-Interpreted As A Rigid Template': Speech by Richard Haass, US State Department Director of Policy Planning, May 22
• Multilateral Disarmament After the Iraq War: Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala, May 20
• White House Fact Sheet on Missile Defence, May 20
• 'Security In An Interdependent World': Speech by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, May 18
• The US-Russia Nuclear Relationship: Interview with Georgy Mamedov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, May 15
• 'Escalatory Moves By North Korea Will Only Lead To Its Greater Isolation And A More Desperate Situation': US-South Korea Joint Statement, May 14
• Russian Foreign Minister/US Secretary of State Press Conference, Moscow, May 14
• Russian Duma Ratification of the Moscow Treaty, May 14
• 'I Must...Warn Against Continuing Efforts, Through Chequebook Diplomacy, To Distract Attention From The Priorities Of Multilateral Disarmament': Farewell Speech by UN Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala, May 13
• 'We Need Our Coalition Partners To Do More To Prepare Themselves For WMD Threats': Speech by Paul Wolfowitz, US Deputy Defense Secretary, May 13
• 'The Inter-Korean Declaration On Denuclearization Of The Korean Peninsula Was...Reduced To A Dead Document': DPRK Report on Nuclear Crisis, May 12
• Senate Armed Services Committee FY2004 Defence Budget Markup, May 9: Nuclear, Missile Defence and Counter-WMD-Terrorism Highlights
• Draft US-UK-Spain Resolution on Iraq, May 9
• 'Must We Conclude That It Is Futile To Try To Combat The Spread Of WMD Through A Collective, Rule-Based System Of International Security?': Essay by Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General, May 5
• 'Major Combat Operations In Iraq Have Ended': Speech by US President George W. Bush, May 1
• 'A New American Way Of War': Speech by US Vice President Dick Cheney, May 1

April 2003

• 'Iraq and the Global Challenge of Proliferation': Speech by Richard Armitage, US Deputy Secretary of State, April 30
• 'Where are those arsenals of weapons of mass destruction, if they indeed were in existence', Press Conference with Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin, April 29
• 'An Important Milestone': UN Secretary-General Message to CWC Review Conference, April 28
• 'The world appeared... to split into two parts', Prime Minister Tony Blair's monthly press conference, April 28
• US-DPRK-China Talks, Beijing, April 23/25
• 'The Bush Doctrine Is Actually Being Defined By Action': Remarks by President George W. Bush, April 24
• 'Arms Control Is Largely The Agenda Of The Past': Speech by Linton Brooks, Administrator, US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), April 23
• 'An Interest That Is Not Limited To The Governments That Have Pursued The War': Dr. Hans Blix, UNMOVIC Executive Chairman, Statement to the UN Security Council, April 22
• UN Disarmament Commission Session Concludes Without Agreement, April 17
• 'Today's Darkness At Noon': Remarks by UNSG Jayantha Dhanapala, April 12
• 'If The US Is Ready To Make A Bold Switchover...The DPRK Will Not Stick To Any Particular Dialogue Format': Remarks by North Korean Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, April 12
• CIA Biannual Report on WMD Proliferation, April 11
• 'We Send A Very Clear Message To All Groups That Operate By Means Of Terror And Violence': Press Conference by US Vice President Dick Cheney, April 9
• 'The Warfighting Community Has Been Heavily Involved From The Beginning': Congressional Testimony on US Missile Defence Programme, April 9
• 'The World After Iraq': Speech by Robert L. Hutchings, US National Intelligence Council (NIC) Chair, April 8
• 'Even The Signing Of A Non-Aggression Treaty With The US Would Not Help Avert A War': North Korean Foreign Ministry Statement, April 6
• 'We Are Hoping That The Example Of Iraq...Would Be Persuasive': Interview with US Undersecretary of State John Bolton, April 5

March 2003

• 'This Creeping Retreat From Nuclear Disarmament': Statement by Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala, UN Disarmament Commission, March 31
• Selected French/Russian Comment on Iraq, March 27/24
  • I. France
  • II. Russia
• 'A Noble Purpose': President Bush/Prime Minister Blair Press Conference, Camp David, March 27
• 'The Council...Must Rediscover Its Unity of Purpose': UN Secretary-General Statement to the Security Council, March 26
• The US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile: Congressional Testimony by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, March 20
• 'Operation Iraqi Freedom': A Compilation of Statements & Reaction to the Beginning of Military Operations, March 19/23
  • I. 'We Will Accept No Outcome But Victory': Statement by US President George W. Bush, March 19
  • II. International Comment & Reaction: The 'Coalition of the Willing'
  • III. International Comment & Reaction: Critics, Sceptics & Non-Coalition Supporters
  • IV. International and Regional Organisations
  • V. Iraqi Leaders & Officials
  • VI. The Humanitarian Dimension and the Rules of Law: NGO Comment
• A Peaceful Path to Disarmament? Presentation of Draft UNMOVIC/IAEA Work Programmes, UN Security Council Meeting on Iraq, March 19
  • I. 'I Naturally Feel Sadness': Statement by UNMOVIC Executive Chair Hans Blix
  • II. UNMOVIC Work Programme
  • III. IAEA Work Programme
  • IV: Statements in the Security Council
• 'Non-Proliferation Is A Team Effort': Congressional Testimony by John Wolf, US Assistant Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation, March 19
• 'The United Nations Security Council Has Not Lived Up To Its Responsibilities': President Bush Ultimatum to Iraq, March 17
• Withdrawal of Spain-UK-US Resolution on Iraq, March 17: Statements and Reaction
• 'The Nuclear Arms Control Regime Is Being Challenged': Statement by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, March 17
• Spain-UK-US Emergency Summit on Iraq, The Azores, March 16
• 'The Disarmament of Iraq Has Begun': France-Germany-Russia Statement on Iraq, March 15
• International Conference on Security of Radioactive Sources, Vienna, March 10/13
• US-Russia Agreement on Russian Plutonium Reactor Shutdowns, March 12
• UK 'Six Tests' for Iraq: Statement by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, March 12
• 'The Changing Nuclear Equation on the Korean Peninsular': Congressional Testimony by US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, March 12
• Revised Draft of Spain-UK-US Resolution on Iraq, March 7
• Weapons Inspectors' Briefing on Iraq, UN Security Council, March 7
  • I. 'There Has Been An Acceleration': Briefing by UNMOVIC Executive Chair Hans Blix
  • II. 'The IAEA Has Made Important Progress': Briefing by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei
  • III. Reaction: Statements in the Security Council
• US Senate Approves Moscow Treaty, March 6
• 'September 11 Changed Strategic Thinking': President George W. Bush Press Conference, March 6
• 'We Are At A Turning Point': France-Germany-Russia Statement on Iraq, Paris, March 5
• US Senate Democratic Resolution on Non-Proliferation Policy, March 5
• 'A Rapidly Unfolding Crisis': US National Security Advisory Panel, Memorandum to Democratic Senate Leadership on North Korea, March 5
• 'There Certainly Remains Room For Arms Control. But...': Interview With Stephen Rademaker, US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, March 4

February 2003

• 'The Results In Terms Of Disarmament Have Been Very Limited So Far': UNMOVIC Quarterly Report, February 28
• China-Russia Communiqués on Iraq and North Korea, February 27
• Non-Aligned Movement Summit Declaration, Kuala Lumpur, February 25
• US-UK-Spain Draft Resolution & France-Germany-Russia Memorandum on Iraq, February 24
• Weapons Inspectors' Briefing on Iraq, UN Security Council, February 14
  • I. Briefing by UNMOVIC Executive Chair Hans Blix
  • II. Briefing by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei
  • III. Reaction: Statements in the Security Council
• 'Effective Multilateralism': US Statement to the CD, February 13
• Testimony on North Korea, US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, February 13
• IAEA Resolution on North Korea, February 12
• French Proposal on Strengthening Iraq Inspections, February 11
• Russia-Germany-France Declaration on Iraq, February 11
• 'We Have Entered A New World Of Proliferation': Statement by George Tenet, US Director of Central Intelligence, February 11
• Russian-French Declaration on Strategic Issues, Paris, February 10
• Munich Security Conference: Selected Speeches, February 7/9
  • I. 'He Will Be Disarmed': Adam Ingram, UK Minister of State for the Armed Forces, February 9
  • II. 'We Have Hopes of Greater Stability': Ephraim Halevy, Director of the Israeli National Security Council, February 9
  • III. 'NATO is Split': US Senator Joseph Lieberman (Democrat), February 8
  • IV. 'Iraq Is The Test': US Senator John McCain (Republican), February 8
  • V. 'North Korea Is Not a Regional Problem': Toshimiti Motegi, Japanese Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, February 8
  • VI. 'A New Transatlantic Consensus': Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General, February 8
  • VII. 'Did The UN Mean It?': Donald Rumsfeld, US Defense Secretary, February 8
• 'This Is Not An Issue For Any State Alone': Speech by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, February 8
• 'An Ominous Cloud': Statement to Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, February 6
• US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Moscow Treaty, February 5
• 'This Body Places Itself In Danger of Irrelevance': US Secretary of State Powell Presentation on Iraq, UN Security Council, February 5
  • I. Secretary Powell Presentation
  • II. Initial Iraqi Response, February 5
  • III. Initial Security Council Reaction, February 5
• 'North Korea Needs to Act Soon': Congressional Testimony by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, February 4
• Saddam Hussein Interview, February 4
• US Energy Department Budget Request, February 3

January 2003

• Statement on Iraq by 8 European Leaders, January 30
• Budget Boost for Non-Proliferation Spending: Speech by US Energy Secretary, January 29
• 'The Course Of This Nation Does Not Depend On The Decisions Of Others'; President Bush State of the Union Address, January 28
• 'We Stand At a Precipice': Senator Biden Speech on Iraq, January 28
• UNMOVIC/IAEA Report to UN Security Council: Statements & Reaction, January 27/28
  • I. 'Iraq Appears Not To Have Come To A Genuine Acceptance': Statement by Hans Blix, January 27
  • II. 'A Valuable Investment In Peace': Briefing by Mohamed ElBaradei, January 27
  • III. IAEA Report, January 27
  • IV. Reaction & Comment
• 'The Crisis Has Gone Too Far': Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Interview on North Korea, January 25
• US Undersecretary of State John Bolton, Interview on North Korea, January 24
• 'What Does Disarmament Look Like?: White House Report on Iraq, January 23
• 'War is Horrible. But...': Speech by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, January 21
• 'Invaluable Opportunities': UN Secretary-General Annual Message to the Conference on Disarmament, January 21
• UN Security Council Resolution on Counter-Terrorism, January 20
• Iraq-UNMOVIC-IAEA 10-Point Plan on Enhanced Cooperation, January 20
• 'I See No Dichotomy': Colin Powell Interview on Iraq & North Korea With Journalists from New Security Council Members, January 16
• UK Statement on Support for US Missile Defence Programme, January 15
• 'Pie In The Sky': North Korea Response To Us Offer of Talks, January 15
• 'I Really Do Not Want To Talk About War': UN Secretary-General New Year Press Conference, January 14
• 'Everyone Should Compare This With the Other Option': Interview with UNMOVIC Chair Hans Blix, January 13
• North Korea Announces Withdrawal from NPT, January 10: Statement and Reaction
• UNMOVIC/IAEA Interim Security Council Briefing on Iraq, January 9
• Non-Proliferation & US-Russia Relations: Comments by Alexander Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, January 9
• 'Arms Control Is As Good As Dead': Speech by Joseph Rotblat, January 8
• Biannual CIA Report on WMD Proliferation, January 7
• US-Japan-South Korea Statement on North Korea, January 7
• IAEA Resolution on North Korea, January 6
• Indian Statement on 'Operationalisation' of Nuclear Doctrine, January 4

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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