Jean du Preez Emily Schroeder* May 2003 The Second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2005 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is currently underway (28 April to 9 May 2003) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, under the chairmanship of Ambassador László Molnár of Hungary. The […]
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April 8, 2003 Jean du Preez and William Potter April 10 marks a significant event in the history of the 32-year-old nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Since its entry into force in 1970, the NPT has grown to 188 members and become the most widely subscribed to international treaty in history. That number will decline by […]
Russian official admits government is missing an unknown number of portable nuclear devices, suitcase nukes.
From the perspective of CBRN terrorism, 2001 was certainly an unprecedented year.
Construction of Russia’s first floating nuclear power plants is moving ahead.
The United States and Russia have to adjust old patterns of thinking to new political realities in order to further cooperation on nuclear terrorism and weapons proliferation.
Occasional Paper #8: A collection of papers examining the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, and analyzing U.S. and international responses to 9/11. They also propose measures to avert terrorism and to reduce mass-destruction threats to U.S. and international security.
Increased transparency measures are needed of both countries.
The UN study is the latest result of more than two decades of UN efforts for promoting disarmament education.
