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Costs of Disarmament

Rethinking the Price Tag - A Methodological Inquiry into the Costs and Benefits of Arms Control

( Print: November 2002 )

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?

( Print: March 2004, PDF: October 2006 )

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?

( Print: January 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

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

( Print: January 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

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

( Print: September 1999 )

Tactical Nuclear Weapons

A Perspective from Ukraine

( Print: February 2001 )

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

( Print: January 2002 )

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

( Print: September 1998 )

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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Project Coast

Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme

( Print: February 2003 )

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....


Funciones Básicas de la Planificación

Series: Cuadernos del ILPES
( Print: October 2000 )

Los trabajos de esta publicación se concentran en tres tareas fundamentales; en primer lugar, un esfuerzo de prospectiva para incorporar previsión, coherencia, unidad y reducción de la incertidumbre...

Los trabajos de esta publicación se concentran en tres tareas fundamentales; en primer lugar, un esfuerzo de prospectiva para incorporar previsión, coherencia, unidad y reducción de la incertidumbre...


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Progress of the World's Women 2005

Women, Work and Poverty

Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: October 2005 )

2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...

2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...


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Progreso de las Mujeres en el Mundo 2005, El

Mujeres Trabajo y Pobreza

( Print: August 2006, PDF: August 2006 )

El año 2005 marca el quinto aniversario de la Declaración del Milenio de la ONU, adoptada en el 2000 y el décimo aniversario de la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing en 1995. En los 10 años desde Beijing...

El año 2005 marca el quinto aniversario de la Declaración del Milenio de la ONU, adoptada en el 2000 y el décimo aniversario de la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing en 1995. En los 10 años desde Beijing...


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Le progrès des femmes à travers le monde 2005

Les femmes le travail et la pauvreté

( Print: August 2006, PDF: August 2006 )

L’année 2005 marque le cinquième anniversaire de la Déclaration du Millénaire adoptée par les Nations Unies en 2000, et le dixième anniversaire du Programme d’action de Beijing, adopté en 1995. Durant...

L’année 2005 marque le cinquième anniversaire de la Déclaration du Millénaire adoptée par les Nations Unies en 2000, et le dixième anniversaire du Programme d’action de Beijing, adopté en 1995. Durant...


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The Treaty of Pelindaba on the African Nuclear-weapon-free Zone

( Print: June 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

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

( Print: June 2003 )

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...


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Scope and Implications of a Tracing Mechanism for Small Arms and Light Weapons

Series: Small Arms Survey
( Print: June 2003 )

This publication examines the problem of tracing illicit small arms and light weapons in conflict settings. It identifies political factors as being the main obstacle to progress in limiting these...

This publication examines the problem of tracing illicit small arms and light weapons in conflict settings. It identifies political factors as being the main obstacle to progress in limiting these...


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Portée et Implications d'un Mécanisme de Traçage des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre

( Print: March 2004, PDF: October 2006 )

La prolifération illicite d’armes légères et de petit calibre est une question grave qui se pose à l’échelle internationale. Le trafic d’armes a notamment pour conséquence de faire crouler certaines...

La prolifération illicite d’armes légères et de petit calibre est une question grave qui se pose à l’échelle internationale. Le trafic d’armes a notamment pour conséquence de faire crouler certaines...


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Internal Conflict and Regional Security in South Asia

Approaches, Perspectives and Policies

( Print: June 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

The aim of this paper is to provide a more effective framework for the analysis and management of internal conflict and security, using South Asia as a case study. The paper is divided into four...

The aim of this paper is to provide a more effective framework for the analysis and management of internal conflict and security, using South Asia as a case study. The paper is divided into four...


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Coming to Terms with Security

A Handbook on Verification and Compliance

( Print: August 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

Good verification and compliance arrangements can significantly increase the confidence of parties to an agreement that giving up a type of weapon or other military capability will enhance rather than...

Good verification and compliance arrangements can significantly increase the confidence of parties to an agreement that giving up a type of weapon or other military capability will enhance rather than...


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Combating the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa

Handbook for the Training of Armed and Security Forces

( Print: June 2005, PDF: October 2006 )

The fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons is one of the key priorities on the peace and security agenda of West African states. West African armed and security forces have a...

The fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons is one of the key priorities on the peace and security agenda of West African states. West African armed and security forces have a...