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• Last Chance for the Conference on Disarmament?

  Published: August 12, 2007, 11:14 pm

  Tags: Conference On Disarmament, Npt, Mc Carthy, Fmt, Enmod, Btwc, Paros, Cwc, Fissile Material, Ctbt, Fmct, Bwc

  The Conference on Disarmament -- "the world's sole multilateral disarmament negotiating forum" as its 65 member States frequently remind us -- has featured either directly or tangentially in a number of postings on this blog (see in particular August 8 and March 28). And with good reason. In existence since 1983, the CD has negotiated such

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• Spurring on the Conference on Disarmament

  Published: January 24, 2008, 1:44 pm

  Tags: Conference On Disarmament, Fmt, Negative Security Assurances, Ban Ki Moon, Paros, Nuclear Disarmament, Un Secretary General, Fissile Material, Ctbt, Fmct

  "A spur of conscience to the flank of plodding procedure" was how the Ambassador of Sri Lanka characterised the message delivered to the Conference on Disarmament yesterday by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.The 65-member Conference has been plodding along for more than 10 years now, unable to deliver a single disarmament agreement since

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• Arms and the Spaceman

  Published: February 15, 2008, 3:29 am

  Tags: Conference On Disarmament, Ppwt, Outer Space, Mc Carthy, Fmt, Paros, Fissile Material, Fmct, Sergey Lavrov

  Having been quoted in Wednesday's New York Times and International Herald Tribune in connection with the presentation by Russia and China this week of a draft treaty to prevent the placement of weapons in outer space, I've been inundated by calls from journalists asking me to explain the significance of the move, Washington's negative reaction to

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