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Costs of Disarmament
Rethinking the Price Tag - A Methodological Inquiry into the Costs and Benefits of Arms Control
This study investigates the methodological challenges of analyzing the costs and benefits associated with arms control. The need for such a study has arisen because the cumulative increases in the...
This study investigates the methodological challenges of analyzing the costs and benefits associated with arms control. The need for such a study has arisen because the cumulative increases in the...
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The Security Council at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century
To What Extent Is It Willing and Able to Maintain International Peace and Security?
This study looks at the United Nations Security Council through the prism of major international security issues since the end of the Cold War. Special emphasis is placed on explaining how the...
This study looks at the United Nations Security Council through the prism of major international security issues since the end of the Cold War. Special emphasis is placed on explaining how the...
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Conseil de Sécurité à L'aube du XXIème Siècle, Le
Quelle Volonté et Quelle Capacité a-t-il de Maintenir la Paix et la Sécurité Internationales?
Le développement de l'activité du Conseil de sécurité depuis la fin de la guerre froide s'est accompagné d'une mutation de ses principaux instruments d'intervention à la mesure des changements des...
Le développement de l'activité du Conseil de sécurité depuis la fin de la guerre froide s'est accompagné d'une mutation de ses principaux instruments d'intervention à la mesure des changements des...
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Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Time for Control
Following the New York terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, the issue of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, in particular fissile materials, has been raised on numerous occasions. The...
Following the New York terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, the issue of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, in particular fissile materials, has been raised on numerous occasions. The...
Paix de Tombouctou, La
Gestion Démocratique, Développement et Construction Africaine de la Paix
Tactical Nuclear Weapons
A Perspective from Ukraine
This study is concerned with the present and future role of tactical nuclear weapons in the new European security system. Ukraine, a country that once had the world's third largest nuclear arsenal...
This study is concerned with the present and future role of tactical nuclear weapons in the new European security system. Ukraine, a country that once had the world's third largest nuclear arsenal...
Illicit Traffic in Firearms
Prevention and Combat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A National, Regional and Global Issue
The problem of illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives, is a local, regional and international concern. Effective measures against it must involve a concerted effort by the relevant...
The problem of illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives, is a local, regional and international concern. Effective measures against it must involve a concerted effort by the relevant...
Represión del Tráfico Ilícito de Armas Pequeñas y Tecnologías Sensibles
Una Agenda Orientada hacia la Acción
Existen buenas razones para opinar que las cuestiones del tráfico de armas pequeñas y tecnologías sensibles pueden tratarse como un solo problema, aunque, a primera vista, abarcan gran variedad de...
Existen buenas razones para opinar que las cuestiones del tráfico de armas pequeñas y tecnologías sensibles pueden tratarse como un solo problema, aunque, a primera vista, abarcan gran variedad de...
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No Refuge
The Challenge of Internal Displacements
This publication offers a guide for effective policy planning on issues of internal displacement and, at the same time, presents a vivid picture of the traumas faced by internally displaced people. It...
This publication offers a guide for effective policy planning on issues of internal displacement and, at the same time, presents a vivid picture of the traumas faced by internally displaced people. It...
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Project Coast
Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme
This publication explains how the apartheid government in South Africa put together a determined chemical and biological weapons programme aimed at poisoning people within and outside South Africa....
This publication explains how the apartheid government in South Africa put together a determined chemical and biological weapons programme aimed at poisoning people within and outside South Africa....
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World Humanitarian Data and Trends 2015
Series: World Humanitarian Data and Trends
( Print: February 2016,
PDF: February 2016
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This publication highlights major trends in the nature of humanitarian crises, their causes and drivers, and participation in crisis prevention, response and recovery. Beyond providing statistics, the...
This publication highlights major trends in the nature of humanitarian crises, their causes and drivers, and participation in crisis prevention, response and recovery. Beyond providing statistics, the...
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Leaving No One Behind
Humanitarian Effectiveness in the Age of the Sustainable Development Goals
Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: December 2015,
PDF: June 2016
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This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...
This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...
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World Humanitarian Data and Trends 2017
Series: World Humanitarian Data and Trends
( Print: February 2018,
PDF: January 2018
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This publication highlights major trends in the nature of humanitarian crises, their underlying causes and drivers, and the actors that participate in prevention, response and recovery. Beyond...
This publication highlights major trends in the nature of humanitarian crises, their underlying causes and drivers, and the actors that participate in prevention, response and recovery. Beyond...
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World Humanitarian Data and Trends 2016
( Print: March 2017,
PDF: February 2017
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World Humanitarian Data and Trends is an annual OCHA publication, which highlights major trends in the nature of humanitarian crises, their underlying causes and drivers, and the actors that...
World Humanitarian Data and Trends is an annual OCHA publication, which highlights major trends in the nature of humanitarian crises, their underlying causes and drivers, and the actors that...
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Breaking the Impasse
Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement as a Collective Outcome
Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: September 2017,
PDF: August 2017
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The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...
The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...
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Broken Bodies, Broken Dreams
Violence Against Women Exposed
Violence against women is a pandemic, one that transcends the bounds of geography, race, culture, class and religion. It touches virtually every community, in virtually every corner of the globe. Too...
Violence against women is a pandemic, one that transcends the bounds of geography, race, culture, class and religion. It touches virtually every community, in virtually every corner of the globe. Too...
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USOI Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez
An Assessment of Hazard and Risk in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
Series: ISDR Prevention Series
( Print: October 2000
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Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...
Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...
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The Treaty of Pelindaba on the African Nuclear-weapon-free Zone
( Print: June 2003,
PDF: October 2006
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Nuclear-weapon-free zones are a key component of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. With the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa adopted in 1964, African states were among...
Nuclear-weapon-free zones are a key component of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. With the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa adopted in 1964, African states were among...
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Participatory Monitoring of Humanitarian Mine Action
Giving Voice to Citizens of Nicaragua, Mozambique and Cambodia
Since its entry into force on 1 March 1999, the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) has been tremendously successful in attaining its aim of abolishing anti-personnel landmines. However, in terms of mine victim...
Since its entry into force on 1 March 1999, the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) has been tremendously successful in attaining its aim of abolishing anti-personnel landmines. However, in terms of mine victim...