[en] Australia's Ambassador for Disarmament urges the Conference to establish an appropriate means for ensuring that practical work under Item 3 - the prevention of nuclear war - is carried out. The text of the Australian reply to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the prevention of nuclear war follows the Ambassador's speech

[en] This report studies the efforts of the international community and the United States to verif)/ the denuclearization of various countries: Ukraine, South Africa, Iraq, Taiwan, and Libya. In doing so, it considers the verification of nuclear warhead destruction and the accounting of nuclear materials. Each case study contributes to the understanding we have of which verification procedures worked and which did not and what factors contributed to that success and which did not. The most important factor contributing to successful verification is the cooperation of the subject country. If a country has made the strategic decision to cooperate, then it is possible that verification can be successful. If the country chooses not to cooperate, verification might rest on random and unpredictable events. This unpredictability of verification is politically unacceptable. Even if verification is judged to be successful by the implementing agencies, outsiders can cast doubts on it by pointing out small and potentially unavoidable errors in material amounts verified. It is vitally important to systematically preserve forensic evidence, especially shipping and receiving records to avoid just such issues. Historically, such records are the most important evidence in verifying denuclearization. Technology is far less important than forensic analysis of records. It does play a supporting role in verifying some declarations but there can be an enormous delay in drawing conclusions caused by the necessity to analyze statistically large samples of materials. The confidence one gets from such analysis can be delayed well past the time it is politically significant. The most important advance in technology would be to accelerate that sample analysis process.

[en] Since his memorandum from January 1980 ('Why I am against the modernization of TNF') which had lead to the supersession of his commandership and to his premature retirement the author has appeared as one of the most consequent critics of the modernization of the Theatre Nuclear Forces (TNF). In this paperback the author's contributions to the peace movement which had been published only sporadically so far were compiled for the first time in chronological order. The book is intended to represent both a documentation, a reference-book and working material. (HSCH)

[en] Three members of an independent multinational body that analyzes issues related to nuclear disarmament, arms control, and nonproliferation share their views

[en] The problem now faced by the nuclear industry is what to do with a huge potential surplus of plutonium. This is expected to arise over the next few years from the dismantling of nuclear warheads and from civil reprocessing. This was the major issue at the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) conference, Yokohama, 8-10 April which is reported in this article. (author)

[en] Since the beginning of the United Nations, the combined efforts of Governments at global, regional and bilateral levels have led to a body of important agreements, treaties and conventions committing their parties to various arms limitation and disarmament measures. The multilateral instruments concluded so far are as follows: The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Test in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (partial test-ban Treaty); The Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (outer space Treaty); The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (non-proliferation Treaty); The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (sea-bed Treaty); The Antarctic Treaty of 1959, for the demilitarization of Antarctica; The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco); The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga); The Vienna Document 1990 on confidence- and security-building measures, and a number of bilateral agreements, including: The Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear-Weapon Tests; The Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes; The Agreement on the Establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

[en] The concept of territorial limitation of nuclear weapons suggested by the Soviet Union in 1956 is discussed. The history of the development of this problem, is briefly described legal and political aspects of its solution are outlined

[en] The document reproduces the text of a press release received by the Secretariat on 4 December 1996 from the Permanent Mission of Belarus about the withdrawal of the last inter-continental ballistic missile from Belarus

[en] The author appeals to theology in general to take up responsibility for the fate of mankind, and he does so in a manner full of phantasy, encouraging people to become politically active. This book is ''manual'' full of standfast and thoughtful hints for pedagogics in peace. (orig./HP)

[en] This slide-show discusses weapons dismantlement and disposal, issues related to classified waste and their solutions