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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 2004
See also:
December 2004
- US State Department Fact Sheet on the Proliferation
Security Initiative, Decmeber 27, 2004
- US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Contolr
Stephen G. Rademaker on international cooperation on Missile Defence, December
17, 2004
- 2004 Meeting of States parties to the Biological
Weapons Convention, December 10, 2004
- UN Security Council meeting on the first report
of the 1540 Committee, December 9, 2004
- NATO Foreign Ministers' meetings, December 9, 2004
- 'A more secure world: our shared responsibility',
Report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, Transmitted
to the UN Secretary-General, December 1, 2004
- 'We must persuade more States, including some of
the world’s largest, to become parties to the treaty', UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan on the Mine-Ban Treaty, December 3, 2005
November 2004
- 'Compliance, Verification, Enforcement Keys to
Arms Control Success', US Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and
Compliance Paula A. DeSutter, statement to the Conference of States Parties
of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, November 30,
2004
- 'The Board of Governors must report that confirmed
non-compliance by Iran to the UN Security Council', US Statement to the IAEA
Board of Governors meeting, November 29, 2004
- Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement
in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Resolution adopted by the IAEA Board of Governors,
November 29, 2004
- US Secretary of State Colin Powell says that the
US is 'agnostic' on the EU3-Iran nuclear agreement, November 24, 2004
- CIA Report to Congress on proliferation of Weapons
of Mass Destruction, unclassified version published November 23, 2004
- AGREEMENT between the E3/EU and Iran concerning
Iran's nuclear programme, November 15, 2004
- International Committee of the Red Cross on Iraq
and international humanitarian law, November 9, 2004
- IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei on Israel,
November 9, 2004
- US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Iraq, Iran
and US relations with Europe, November 9, 2004
- 'I then made it absolutely clear that I could envisage
no circumstances in which military action would be justified', UK Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw MP on Iran, November 9, 2004
- 'Our cooperation with Iran ... at Busherh is completely
transparent and is being effected under the control of the IAEA', Russian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Alexander Yakovenko, November 9,
2004
- '[T]he events of the past few years have placed
the NPT and the regime supporting it under unprecedented stress', IAEA Director
General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, November 8, 2004
- Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov
on Bush's election victory, November 8, 2004
- 'I'm troubled to see that Europe is misunderstood,
if not scorned, in the U.S.', French Minister of Foreign Affairs Michel Barnier,
November 8, 2004
- '[A] collective security framework that will serve
the interests of all countries equally, and make reliance on nuclear weapons
obsolete', IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, November 4, 2004
- '[W]ithout unjustifiably rushing things', Russian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Russia's implementation of the NPT, November
4, 2004
- '[N]ot only is that inconceivable I think the prospect
of it happening is inconceivable', UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw MP on the
possibility of an attack on Iran, November 4, 2004
- President Bush, Press Conference, November 4, 2004
- President Bush, Acceptance Speech, November 3,
2004
- French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Iran, November
2, 2004
- Statement by Director General of the International
Atomic Energy Agency to the UN General Assembly, November 1, 2004
October 2004
- 'All countries participating in PSI are sending
a message to rogue states like North Korea', US Under Secretary for Arms Control
& International Security, John Bolton on PSI, October 27, 2004
- '[T]he proposal we put down over the summer in
the third round of Six-Party Talks is our proposal', US Secretary of State
Colin Powell on North Korea, October 26, 2004
- '[A]t the most recent NATO summit in Istanbul,
we spelled out some ambitious goals', US Deputy Secretary of State Richard
Armitage, October 26, 2004
- 'We are skeptical of it', US Deputy Secretary of
State Richard Armitage on the EU3 initiative towards Iran, October 25, 2004
- Letter from Director General of the International
Atomic Energy Agency to the UN Security Council concerning theft of explosive
materials from Iraqi sites, October 25, 2004
- 'Verification, compliance and enforcement... are
keys to our collective ability to achieve the security benefits we all seek
from arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements', US Assistant
Secretary for Verification and Compliance Paula A. DeSutter, October 22, 2004
- US Secretary of State Colin Powell rules out bilateral
negotiations with North Korea, October 21, 2004
- 'The next exercise will be in the Pacific', US
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John
Bolton on PSI, October 19, 2004
- '[F]ruitlessly negotiating verification procedures
would delay unnecessarily the creation of a ban on the production of fissile
material for nuclear explosive devices', US Ambassador Jackie Sanders, October
16, 2004
- 'U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540: The U.S.
Perspective', US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear
Nonproliferation Andrew Semmel, October 12, 2004
- US Statement to the UN First Committee, US Assistant
Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker, October 8, 2004
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Iraq,
October 12, 2004
- Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Alexander
Yakovenko on Russian tactical nuclear weapons, October 7, 2004
- The circumstances are 'not ripe' for India to join
the NPT, India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, October 7, 2004
- 'A nuclear deterrent is absolutely ineffective
against such groups', IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, October
6, 2004
- Pentagon hosts PSI maritime game, October 1, 2004
September 2004
- US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Iraq and
Iran, September 29, 2004
- France on the proposed international Iraq conference,
September 28, 2004
- US Secretary of State Colin Powell on the possibility
of a North Korean Missile Test, September 23, 2004
- '[T]here's no question for us, I repeat, of sending
French military into that country', French Minister of Defence Michele Alliot-Marie
on NATO's Iraq training force, September 23, 2004
- Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT, New York,
September 23, 2004
- 'Nonproliferation and Disarmament Go Hand in Hand',
New Agenda Coalition op-ed in the International Herald Tribune, September
22, 2004
- UN General Assembly General Debate, September 21
- October 1, 2004: Excerpts on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation & International
Security
- '[V]erification and diplomacy, used in conjunction,
can be effective', IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, September 20,
2004
- The 'new conflict' in Iraq, UK Prime Minister Tony
Blair, September 19, 2004
- IAEA Resolution on Iran, September 18, 2004
- '[T]he weight of legal advice here is that a fresh
mandate may well be required,' UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's letter to
Tony Blair before the Iraq war, leaked and published in the Telegraph, September
18, 2004
- 'It was illegal,' UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
on the Iraq war, September 16, 2004
- 'If North Korea has nuclear weapons then others
will feel compelled to replicate this capability', UK Foreign Office Minister
Bill Rammell, September 16, 2004
- North Korea stalls on Six-Party talks, September
16, 2004
- 'A Democracy Caucus at the United Nations', US
proposals for the UN General Assembly, September 15, 2004
- 'Is the world today safer than before the overthrow
of the appalling Saddam? Is global terrorism in retreat?', European Commissioner
for External Relations Chris Patten on Iraq, September 15, 2004
- 'U.S. Has Five Priorities for U.N. General Assembly',
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark P. Lagon, September 13, 2004
- '[A] matter of serious concern', IAEA Director
General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei on South Korea's uranium enrichment activities,
September 13, 2004
- 'Russia is ready to reach the terrorists and their
bases wherever they are', Russian Ambassador to the United States Yuri Ushakov,
September 13, 2004
- North Korean explosion: news and comments, September
9, 2004
- 'Russia has... the right to eliminate or reduce
the threat of terrorist acts', Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey
Lavrov, September 10, 2004
- 'PSI is an activity, not an organization', US Under
Secretary of State for Amrs Control and International Security, Financial
Times Oped and reaction, September 7-10, 2004
- Rumsfeld Says Fewer Troops Will Not Reduce Deterrence
in Korea, September 8, 2004
- 'Giving equal status to the views of democratic
countries and non-democratic countries... creates an inherent tension in U.N.
forums', US Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Kim
Holmes on UN reform, September 3, 2004
- International Atomic Energy Agency Press Statement
on South Korea Uranium Enrichment, September 2, 2004
- George W. Bush speech to the Republican National
Convention, New York, September 2, 2004
- Dick Cheney speech to the Republican National Convention,
New York, September 1, 2004
- '[W]e're looking at the range of possible actions
of a political, economic, diplomatic and other nature that might be taken',
US Secretary of State Colin Powell on referring Iran to the UN Security Council,
September 1, 2004
August 2004
- '[P]reventing nuclear terrorism will be our highest
priority', John Edwards, August 30, 2004
- Congressional Research Service report finds 'a
significant decrease' in global arms transfers, August 26, 2004
- 'Our attitude towards these plans will depend...
on the extent to which they pose a threat to Russian interests', Russian Foreign
Ministry Press Release on US global forces realignment, August 17, 2004
- White House Fact Sheet on transformation of US
military, August 16, 2004
- Defense Department Background Briefing on Global
Posture Review, August 16, 2004
- North Korea pulls out of Six Party working group,
August 16, 2004
- '[T]he burden... is on North Korea to make a move...'
US Secretary of State Colin Powell, August 13, 2004
- 59th Anniversary of Nagasaki Atomic Bomb, August
9, 2004
- Accident at Japanese nuclear plant, August 9, 2004
- Nuclear Weapons Free World a 'long way off', Message
from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, August 6, 2004
- 59th Anniversary of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb, August
6, 2004
- US, Denmark and Greenland: Thule Upgrade agreement,
August 6, 2004
July 2004
- Biological Weapons Convention Experts meeting,
19-30 July, 2004
- '[E]ffective verification of an FMCT is not achievable',
US Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament Jackie W. Sanders,
July 29, 2004
- John Kerry speech to the Democratic National Convention,
July 29, 2004
- John Edwards speech to the Democratic National
Convention, July 28, 2004
- 'Across the government, there were failures of
imagination, policy, capabilities, and management', Final Report of the 9/11
Commission, July 22, 2004
- '[A] freeze is unnecessary', US Under Secretary
of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton, July 21,
2004
- US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian
and Pacific Affairs James Kelly explains the US proposal to the third round
of Six Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear programme, July 15
- 'Collective' Misjudgements, the Butler Report finds
'Serious Flaws' in the UK's Iraq intelligence, July 14, 2004
- 'Russian leaders regard the maintenance of fighting
ability and readiness of strategic nuclear forces as their top priority task',
Russian Defence Minister Ivanov, July 13, 2004
- Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Pre-War
Intelligence on Iraq, July 9, 2004
- 'They always ask why Israel is outside the NPT
regime', IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei in Israel, July 8, 2004
- United States and Australia sign Missile Defense
Agreement, July 7, 2004
- US Secretary of State Colin Powell on North Korea,
July 1, 2004
June 2004
- Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report, June 2004
- NATO Summit in Istanbul, Selected Documents, June
28-29, 2004
- Six Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear programme,
Third Plenary Session, June 23-26, 2004
- Open-Ended Working Group on Tracing Illicit Small
Arms and Light Weapons, June 14-25, 2004
- '[T]he need for substantive change...has become
even more obvious and urgent', IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei,
June 21, 2004
- Amendment to the 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement
(on nuclear weapons' cooperation), June 2004
- 'I have to accept that we have not found them',
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction, June
18 & 19, 2004
- 'Agency experts have raised questions and doubts
regarding the explanations provided by Iran', IAEA Resolution on Iran, June
18
- '[A] more flexible, modern force to respond to
threats from beyond Europe', US Deputy Assistance Secretary of State Robert
A. Bradtke sets out US goals for NATO's Istanbul summit, June 18
- 'Iran's troubling lack of cooperation with the
IAEA continues', State Department briefing, June 14
- IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei statement
to the IAEA Board of Governors, June 14
- 'I don't expect more troops from NATO to be offered
up. That's an unrealistic expectation. Nobody is suggesting that,' President
Bush on NATO and Iraq, June 10
- 'I have extremely strong reservations about this
initiative', French President Jacques Chirac on proposals by Presidents Bush
and Blair for greater NATO involvement in Iraq, June 9
- '[W]e believe NATO ought to be involved', joint
briefing by President Bush and Tony Blair, June 9
- 'All states must fulfill their arms control, disarmament,
and nonproliferation commitments', G8 Summit Document and Comment, June 9
- UN Security Council Resolution 1546 on Iraq, June
8
- '[T]he majority of Iraqis with whom we met stressed
that the problem of insecurity cannot be solved through military means alone',
UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Lakdhar Brahimi briefs the Security
Council on Iraq, June 7
- Saudi Arabia tops the list for UK military exports,
June 7
- NATO Nuclear Fact Sheets, June 4, 2004
- '[G]ood progess', IAEA Director General's report
on Iran for the IAEA Board of Governors, June 1
May 2004
- 'Stark and disturbing evidence that civilians continue
to bear the brunt of armed conflicts', UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report
to the Security Council, May 28
- Full text of the 'Article 15-6 Investigation of
the 800th Military Police Brigade', also known as the Taguba report, after
the general who led this investigation, Major General Antonio M. Taguba
- Coalition forces 'technically have a legal right
to remain in Iraq', Coalition Provisional Authority Senior Adviser Dan Senor,
May 14
- US faces allegations of abuse in Afghanistan, May
12
- '[W]e need international cooperation on a scale
we've not seen before', Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, May 12
- '[T]he United States will stay long enough to make
Iraq stable', US General John Abizaid, May 12
- 'I take full responsibility', Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld on Iraqi prisoner abuses, May 7
- 'I told him I was sorry', President Bush apologises
to King Abdullah for Iraqi prisoner abuses, May 6
- 'I'm actually seeing a European reaction quite
strong', US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage on international reaction
to Iraqi prisoner abuse, May 6
- President Bush requests $25 billion more for the
US military in Iraq and Afghanistan, May 5
- 'You have placed US diplomats, civilians and military
doing their jobs overseas in an untenable and even dangerous position', US
former diplomats' letter to President Bush, May 4
- 'Six-Party Talks might, after resolution of the
North Korean nuclear issue, be used to discuss broader issues of peace and
security in Northeast Asia', US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly,
May 3
April 2004
- 'The Proliferation Challenge of the Nuclear Fuel
Cycle in Non-Nuclear Weapon States', IAEA Deputy Director General Pierre Goldschmidt,
April 26
- US Secretary of State Colin Powell on 'winning
the hearts and minds' of the Iraqi people, April 29
- UN Security Council adopts Resolution on preventing
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, April 28
- '[A]n illegal and brutal occupation in Iraq', 52
former senior British diplomats write to Tony Blair, April 26
- '[U]nhelpful distinctions between the nuclear "haves"
and the "have-nots"', US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow on non-proliferation
and the NPT, April 23
- UN Disarmament Commission concludes without consensus,
April 23
- Security Council members express 'doubts' about
UN draft resolution on Weapons of Mass Destruction, April 22
- 'We're at war', President Bush, April 22
- '[W]e believe the enlargement of both organizations
will ultimately work to Russia's benefit', US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
on US-Russia relations, April 22
- '[T]hey will be dealt with, starting through the
United Nations', President Bush on Iran's nuclear programme, April 21
- '[T]he historic nature of what we're trying to
achieve in Iraq', President Bush and Tony Blair, joint press conference, April
16
- 'The circumstances will require us at some point
in the near future to have a new United Nations Security Council resolution',
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, April 15
- 'Too Little Power, Too Little Legitimacy', Senator
Joseph Biden on Iraq, April 15
- UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Lakhdar
Brahimi outlines observations and ideas on Iraq, April 14
- 'Tough weeks' in Iraq, President Bush press conference,
April 13
- 'IAEA and Iran Agree on Action Plan', April 7
- '[I]f and when NATO should play a more structural
role in Iraq', NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, April 6
- '[A] broader role for NATO in Iraq', US Secretary
of State Colin Powell at NATO's Foreign Ministers' Meeting, April 2
- '[This question of a possible role for NATO in
Iraq is not topical', French Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Michel Barnier,
April 2
March 2004
- US Senate ratifies the Additional Protocol, March
31
- 'I have just introduced a bill that makes it clear
that Iran... has forfeited the right to produce nuclear material for reactors',
Representative Tom Lantos, March 30
- 'Our PSI interdiction efforts rest on existing
domestic and international legal authorities', US Under Secretary of State
for Arms Control and International Security John R. Bolton, March 30
- 'Iraq and beyond', Senator Richard Lugar on the
'Greater Middle East', March 29
- '[A]ll seven of these nations are helping to bring
lasting freedom to Afghanistan and Iraq', President Bush on NATO's new members,
March 29
- US introduces Draft Resolution on Non-Proliferation
into the UN Security Council, March 24
- Russia calls for a new Security Council resolution
on Iraq, March 23
- 'I hope for the day when there are no nuclear weapons
because no one has a need for them. But..there [is] still the requirement
for a deterrent', US Secretary of State Colin Powell in New Dehli, March 23
- Statements of current and former Secretaries of
State and Defense to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States, March 23
- '[U]nconvincing are the arguments', Russian Foreign
Ministry Spokesperson Alexander Yakovenko on NATO enlargement and CFE, March
23
- US Statement on increased cooperation with India
and Pakistan, March 22
- [T]here was a tendency... for the U.S. administration
to say that anything that was unaccounted for existed', Former Head of UNMOVIC
Dr Hans Blix, March 21
- UN to send a team back to Iraq, March 19
- 'Was it worth it? You bet', US Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld on Iraq, March 19
- US Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance
Paula A. DeSutter on the 'challenges of a nuclear-ready Iran', March 18
- 'Without basic principles shared in common, our
relationship will not achieve its potential', US Assistant Secretary of State
A. Elizabeth Jones on relations with Russia, March 18
- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls for 'a new
global consensus', March 16
- 'Serious concern' as the IAEA addresses Iran's
nuclear programme, IAEA Board of Governors meeting, March 13, 2004
- 'We will pursue our Proliferation Security Initiative',
State Department Director of Policy Planning Mitchell B. Reiss on North Korea,
March 12
- Calls for an end to the violence in Kosovo, March
2004
- 'The FY2005 request document seems to cast serious
doubt on assertions that RNEP [Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator] is only a
study', CRS Report to Congress, March 8
- 'This may be the law, but should it be?', Prime
Minister Tony Blair on international law, terrorism and Iraq, March 5
- '[T]here is no sense of urgency', US Secretary
of State Colin Powell on Six-Party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme,
March 4
- IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei on the
AQ Khan network, March 2
February 2004
- The Second Round of Six-Party Talks on the North
Korea Nuclear Crisis, Beijing, February 25-28: Statements and Comment
- '[M]ines that leave no enduring hazard on the battlefield',
the US announces a new policy on Landmines, February 27
- 'I regret to say that I do not have with me today
ideas or proposals to lead the CD out of its current impasse,' US Ambassador
Jackie W. Sanders address to the Conference on Disarmament, February 26
- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the War on Terror
and WMD, February 25
- 'Emerging consensus... that elections cannot be
held before the end of June', UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on handover
of power in Iraq, February 19
- 'Iran has no legitimate need for nuclear energy',
US Press Secretary Scott McClellan, February 19
- '[W]hatever the value of a freeze as a step along
the way, that the goal had to be elimination', State Department Spokesperson
Richard Boucher on North Korea's nuclear programme, February 19
- '[N]ew hypersound-speed, high-precision new weapons
systems that can hit targets at intercontinental distance and can adjust their
altitude and course as they travel', President Vladimir Putin on Russian missile
tests, February 18
- Interview With Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf,
February 15
- '[A] new relationship with NATO', US Ambassador
to Russia Alexander Vershbow, February 13
- 'Iran has not met other requirements of the November
26th resolution from the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors',
US State Department Spokesperson Richard Boucher, February 13
- '[A]ssertion of multilateralism in international
relations, the strengthening of the role of the UN and international law',
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov sets out Russia's foreign policy priorities
for 2004, February 12
- '[O]ur newest and most promising multilateral nonproliferation
effort', US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
John Bolton on the Proliferation Security Initiative, February 12
- 'Proliferators must not be allowed to cynically
manipulate the NPT', President Bush speech to the National Defense University,
February 11
- 'A dictator is gone', US Secretary of State Colin
Powell testimony before the House International Relations Committee, February
11
- Munich Conference on Security Policy, February
6 - 8
- '[P]re-emption is not something that is new', US
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Europe, February 7
- France on NATO, Afghanistan and Iraq, February
2 & 6
- US and British Inquiries into WMD Intelligence,
February 6
- '[W]e may have overestimated the progress Saddam
was making', CIA Director George Tenet on Iraq and WMD, February 5
- 'America did the right thing in Iraq', President
Bush, February 5
- '[E]rrors of judgment related to unauthorised proliferation
activities', Pakistan scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan admits supplying nuclear
information, February 5
- Is a mortar shell a weapon of mass destruction?
British Secretary of State for Defence Geoff Hoon MP on the '45 minute' claim,
February 5
- 'I am bound to say that I was surprised by that
answer', former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on Tony Blair and the
'45 minute' claim, February 4
- 'Rumsfeld Says Iraq Weapons Inspectors Need More
Time', February 4
- 'Time is Ripe to Act on Middle East Weapons', IAEA
Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei and Sir Joseph Rotblat, February 3
- '[T]he President made the right decision', US Secretary
of State Colin Powell defends the decision to go to war with Iraq, February
3
- Six Party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme
to be held 'from February 25', February 3
- Bush requests $401.7 billion Defense Budget, $9.2
billion for Missile Defense, February 2
January 2004
- US General Accounting Office report on Export Controls,
January 2004
- 'I, too, want to know the facts', President Bush
on Iraq WMD intelligence, January 30
- 'The President strongly believes that implementation
of the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol is in the best interest of the United
States', US Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation (Acting) Susan F. Burk,
Testimony, January 29
- '[T]he dangerous illusion that the US can, and
should, go it alone when it comes to security', NATO Secretary General Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer, January 29
- '[W]e were almost all wrong', David Kay on Iraq
and WMD, January 28
- 'There was no dishonourable or underhand or duplicitous
strategy by the Government', the Hutton Inquiry Report into the death of Dr
David Kelly, January 28
- 'We have no plans to place bases in Georgia', US
Secretary of State Colin Powell in Moscow, January 26
- 'I believe the intelligence was correct', UK Prime
Minister Tony Blair on Iraq and WMD, January 2004
- '[P]romoting democracy throughout the greater Middle
East and beyond', US Vice President Dick Cheney address to the World Economic
Forum, Davos, January 24
- '[T]he open question is: how many stocks they had,
if any?' US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Iraq and WMD, January 24
- 'I don't think they existed', David Kay, former
head of the Iraq Survey Group, January 23
- '[T]he Greater Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan,
the Mediterranean, and the Israeli-Palestinian issue', Senator Chuck Hagel
on NATO's new strategic focus, January 23
- '[N]othing that we saw at the Yongbyon Nuclear
Scientific Research Center that would allow me to assess whether or not the
DPRK possessed a nuclear deterrent...', Testimony of Siegfried S. Hecker,
Senior Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, following an unofficial visit
to North Korea, January 21
- 'Why we haven't found stocks, we can't answer that',
US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Iraq and WMD, January 21
- President Bush's State of the Union Address, January
20
- 'Political will is essential in overcoming the
current impasse', UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the Conference
on Disarmament, January 20
- 'The War Was Not Inevitable', Russian Minister
of Foreign Affairs Igor Ivanov, January 19
- UN Security Council Presidential Statement on Small
Arms, January 19
- '[O]nce we have verified that those programs have
been eliminated, the United States is prepared to enter into a political dialogue
with Libya', US Secretary of State Colin Powell, January 9
- 'We've been reaching out', US Secretary of State
Colin Powell on US-EU relations, January 9
- '[T]he new domestic political situation in Russia
does raise questions about how much further our relationship will progress',
US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow, January 8
- 'I have not seen smoking-gun, concrete evidence
about the connection', US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saddam Hussein
& Al-Quaeda, January 8
- 'The statement made by the North Koreans... is
a positive step forward', US Secretary of State Colin Powell, January 7
- US to continue sanctions against Libya, President
Bush, January 5
Disarmament Documentation is a compilation of recent official documents and
statements on arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament. Disarmament Documentation
is compiled by Nicola Butler.
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