2008
Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms
The 2008 BMS met in New York from 14 to 18 July. Find out
what happened with reports
from Reaching Critical Will and the Arms
Control Reporter and read all statements
and papers
online.
Nuclear
Iran?
Up-to-date news and analysis on Iran's nuclear programme and
the international community's response. See what you can do
in the WILPF Iran
Action Pack.
North
Korea and Nuclear Weapons
Follow the latest developments in the six-party talks, learn
about the background and development of North Korea's nuclear
programme, and hear what civil society experts have to say.
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.
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- Now accepting internship applications for Fall 2008
RCW is seeking interns for our September–December
intership
programme. Applications will be accepted on a rolling
basis until positions are filled.
- The 2008 Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms closed
its session on 18 July, adopting the final report by vote
(134 in favour, 0 against, 2 abstentions)
Read the Small
Arms Monitor produced by Reaching Critical Will
and the Arms
Control Reporter for details.
- The Conference on Disarmament finished the second part
of its 2008 session without a programme of work
Read statements
and papers
online, and find out what happened with RCW's CD
Report. The CD will recommence on 29 July.
- Hunger strikes continue in protest of US plans for
a "missile defence" system in Europe
Learn more from the RCW E-News, 30
May and 13
June. Also take a moment to sign the online
petition against the development of this system
- help the campaigners reach 200,000 signatures by 10 July.
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