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Key Resources

UNGA First Committee 2008
This year's First Committee on Disarmament and International Security met from 6–31 October. Read statements and resolutions, see voting records, and read NGO reports in the First Committee Monitor.

Arms Control Reporter 2007
The latest edition of the most comprehensive resource on disarmament, arms control, and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and conventional armaments is now available. Please write to editor[at]armscontrolreporter.org for pricing information.

Nuclear Iran? and North Korea and Nuclear Weapons
Up-to-date news and analysis on Iran and North Korea's nuclear programmes and the international community's response.

Outer Space
Information on the militarization and weaponization of outer space and potential treaties and existing legal instruments. Also see an overview of the aerospace industry and an index of space weapons technology in various stages of development by the military-industrial complex. Part of RCW's Dirty Dozen project. Also visit the PAROS Working Group, an international consortium of activists working to prevent an arms race in outer space.

Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security?
A civil society analysis of the current disarmament regime and response to the WMD Commission Report released by the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, Western States Legal Foundation, and Reaching Critical Will of WILPF. Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security can now be fully accessed online in PDF format.

  • Now accepting internship applications
    RCW will be accepting applications for January-May internships until 15 December 2008. Applications accepted on a rolling basis until positions are filled.
  • The General Assembly took action on First Committee resolutions on 2 December
    Find out the results on RCW's First Committee resolutions page.
  • The UN Security Council held an open debate on Article 26 on 19 November
    Under the Presidency of Costa Rica, the Security Council held an open debate on “strengthening collective security and armament regulation,” offering an opportunity to reinvigorate and reenergize work to implement Article 26 of the UN Charter, specifically to reduce global spending on armaments and refocus spending on true human security needs. Read Reaching Critical Will's report on the debate and access background information and primary documents from the debate.
  • The UNGA First Committee closed on 31 October
    Read the First Committee Monitor to find out what happened. The final edition is now available in PDF and HTML.
  • The UNGA General Debate closed on 29 September
    See RCW's Disarmament Index by Country or by Topic for all references to disarmament, peace, and security. See PeaceWomen's Gender Index for all references to gender, women, and girls.

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