By Angela Kane, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Event Hosted by Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa and Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention Ottawa, Canada 4 December 2013 I am very grateful to the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies for hosting this event, in partnership with Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. …
A Step in the Right Direction: The Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
Authors Sarah Estabrooks and Robin Collins The Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2005 Volume 26 Issue 3 The insecurity of Russia’s arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse has become a cause for international concern, particularly since 9/11. There are stories of nuclear-powered submarines rusting in northern ports, weapons storage facilities secured with decrepit wooden fences …
Statement to the First Committee of the 58th Session of the General Assembly of the UN
Author Paul Meyer The Ploughshares Monitor Winter 2003 Volume 24 Issue 4 Paul Meyer is the Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament. This speech was given on 8 October 2003. As the General Assembly forum entrusted with consideration of security and disarmament issues, this Committee must acknowledge that the world is as full of challenges to the non-proliferation and disarmament order as it …