Thank you Mr Chairperson, I am speaking on behalf of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, which is also a steering group partner in ICAN. I would like to thank Dr Patricia Lewis for her very thoughtful analysis of risk, and also Ireland for introducing the...
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Seeking Action on Autonomous Weapons
CCW Report, Vol. 3, No.2 by Ray Acheson via Reaching Critical Will The third UN meeting on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) opened on Monday morning with a general discussion by states. Once again, the majority of delegates taking the floor agreed that...
Britain’s boycott of the UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talks
via OpenDemocracy With opposition to Trident growing, the British government has refused to join this week's UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talks on practical measures to build global security without nuclear weapons. As thousands gather to...
Civil society and banning nuclear testing
Rebecca Johnson's chapter "The role of civil society in negotiating the CTBT" in Banning the Bang or the Bomb? edited by Mordechai Melamud, Paul Meerts, and I.William Zartman, published by Cambridge University Press, 2014. This book deals with a range of analyses on...
Written Evidence for the House of Commons Defence Select Committee On Deterrence and the changing role and requirements for security
by Rebecca Johnson
Embedding the CTBT in law, norms and practice
by Rebecca Johnson via UNA UK
Unfinished Business: The Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing
by Rebecca Johnson via UNIDIR
Unfinished Business: The Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing
Rebecca Johnson's book "Unfinished Business: The Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing" was published in 2009 by the United Nations, and you can Download a PDF copy of it from the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research website. To download...