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Key Resources

Arms Trade Treaty Preparatory Committee
Governments met at the United Nations in New York from 14–18 June 2010 to make "recommendations on the elements that would be needed to attain an effective and balanced legally-binding instrument on the highest possible common international standards for the transfer of conventional arms." Follow the action with a joint RCW-Oxfam-Global Action to Prevent War blog and find other documents and information on RCW's ATT PrepCom page.

Conference on Disarmament 2010
The CD began the second part of its 2010 session in Geneva on 3 June. RCW is posting all statements, papers, and press releases from the Conference and will cover all plenary meetings with the CD Report - subscribe now!

Beyond arms control: challenges and choices for
nuclear disarmament

Reaching Critical Will's new publication is now available online and in hardcopy for purchase! A collaborative publicaton written by 25 non-governmental activists and scholars, the book looks critically at the challenges and options for disarmament at the 2010 NPT Review Conference and beyond.

Recent Writing, Speaking, and Analysis from RCW
“Nuclear reification and prospects for disarmament,” UNSG Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, 26 February 2010
• “Reaching Critical Will for Disarmament,” Stockholm, 8 November 2009
• “Accomplishments and remaining tasks: Lessons from the NPT’s 13 Steps and the Blix Commission,” Stockholm, 8 November 2009

Critical Issues
Background information and up-to-date news on a wide variety of disarmament-related topics, including:
Gender and Disarmament;
Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programmes;
outer space security and missile defence (and the PAROS Working Group);
military spending and Article 26 of the UN Charter; and
much more.

  • Reaching Critical Will is looking for a research intern in Geneva for the autumn. More information is available here.
  • ICAN has released a report, NPT Review Conference 2010: Towards Nuclear Abolition, which documents the growing support among governments for a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
  • The 2010 NPT Review Conference Final Document has officially been released and is available on the RCW site.
  • New RCW publication now available! Beyond arms control: challenges and choices for nuclear disarmament, a collaborative publicaton written by 25 non-governmental activists and scholars, looks critically at the challenges and options for disarmament at the 2010 NPT Review Conference and beyond.
  • See WILPF's updated You Get What You Pay For brochure, which compares military spending with the funds needed for gender equality and the Millennium Development Goals. Available for download in PDF.

   

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