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Searching for Aid Effectiveness in Small Arms Assistance

( Print: June 2010, PDF: April 2012 )

States and organizations recognize the centrality of international assistance to help states prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW). However...

States and organizations recognize the centrality of international assistance to help states prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW). However...


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Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

The First Practical Steps

( Print: September 2011, PDF: October 2011 )

This book uses three examples of Nuclear Fuel projects to analyze the experience gained so far to help the way forward for multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle. Lately, governments, the...

This book uses three examples of Nuclear Fuel projects to analyze the experience gained so far to help the way forward for multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle. Lately, governments, the...


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Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

A Long Road Ahead

( Print: December 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

The world continues to wrestle with the dual nature of nuclear energy. The proliferation risks stemming from the spread of sensitive technologies point to the need for a multilateral approach to the...

The world continues to wrestle with the dual nature of nuclear energy. The proliferation risks stemming from the spread of sensitive technologies point to the need for a multilateral approach to the...


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Soixantième Anniversaire des Nations Unies

Exposition internationale d'art contemporain - A l'heure du renouvellement, A Time for Renewal

( Print: June 2009 )

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Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Assessing the Existing Proposals

( Print: June 2009, PDF: April 2012 )

Global energy demands are driving a potential expansion in the use of nuclear energy worldwide. It is estimated that the global nuclear power capacity could double by 2030. This could result in...

Global energy demands are driving a potential expansion in the use of nuclear energy worldwide. It is estimated that the global nuclear power capacity could double by 2030. This could result in...


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Unacceptable Harm

A History of How the Treaty to Ban Cluster Munitions was Won

( Print: December 2009 )

Cluster munitions saturate areas with explosive force. These weapons pose danger to civilians because they are prone to indiscriminate effect at time of use and because they create a hazardous residue...

Cluster munitions saturate areas with explosive force. These weapons pose danger to civilians because they are prone to indiscriminate effect at time of use and because they create a hazardous residue...


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Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

The Need to Build Trust

( Print: May 2010, PDF: August 2012 )

The success of multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle depends on their political acceptability. The central problem hampering progress toward a multilateral approach is distrust among...

The success of multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle depends on their political acceptability. The central problem hampering progress toward a multilateral approach is distrust among...


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Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Helping to Fulfil the NPT Grand Bargain

( Print: November 2010, PDF: March 2013 )

This study addresses the security risks to a world without nuclear weapons that could come from nuclear fuel-cycle technologies and what could be done to mitigate those risks. It examines what role...

This study addresses the security risks to a world without nuclear weapons that could come from nuclear fuel-cycle technologies and what could be done to mitigate those risks. It examines what role...


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Security in Space

The Next Generation (Conference Report, 31 March–1 April 2008)

( Print: January 2009, PDF: January 2009 )

“Security in Space: The Next Generation” is the seventh annual conference held by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research on the issue of space security, the peaceful uses of outer space...

“Security in Space: The Next Generation” is the seventh annual conference held by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research on the issue of space security, the peaceful uses of outer space...


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Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Analysis of the National Reports Submitted by States from 2002 to 2008

( Print: January 2009, PDF: January 2009 )

This report analyzes national implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA). It highlights...

This report analyzes national implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA). It highlights...


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The Value of Diversity in Multilateral Disarmament Work

( Print: January 2009, PDF: January 2009 )

Success has been hard to attain in recent years in multilateral disarmament and arms control work. Besides political problems, obstacles to progress can be the unintended consequences of past practice...

Success has been hard to attain in recent years in multilateral disarmament and arms control work. Besides political problems, obstacles to progress can be the unintended consequences of past practice...


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Unfinished Business

The Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing

( Print: April 2009, PDF: April 2012 )

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) remains a key piece of unfinished business of the nuclear age. As a growing number of governments and decision makers put forward ideas to move the...

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) remains a key piece of unfinished business of the nuclear age. As a growing number of governments and decision makers put forward ideas to move the...


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An Illusion of Safety

Challenges of Nuclear Weapon Detonations for United Nations Humanitarian Coordination and Response

( Print: September 2014, PDF: August 2014 )

There is renewed and deep international concern about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that would result from the detonation of nuclear weapons in populated areas. Yet 25 years after the end...

There is renewed and deep international concern about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that would result from the detonation of nuclear weapons in populated areas. Yet 25 years after the end...


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Viewing Nuclear Weapons through a Humanitarian Lens

( Print: December 2013, PDF: November 2013 )

There is renewed and deep international concern about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that would result from the detonation of nuclear weapons in populated areas. Yet 25 years after the end...

There is renewed and deep international concern about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that would result from the detonation of nuclear weapons in populated areas. Yet 25 years after the end...