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Third Review of the Biological Weapons Convention, The

Issues and Proposals

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: August 1991 )

This research paper deals with the Third Convention as well as the First and Second on issues such as scope of obligations, verification and complaints procedures, confidence-building measures and...

This research paper deals with the Third Convention as well as the First and Second on issues such as scope of obligations, verification and complaints procedures, confidence-building measures and...


Disarmament, Environment, and Development and Their Relevance to the Least Developed Countries

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: March 1992 )

This is a compilation of papers by experts in the fields of disarmament, environment and development. The papers presented include: a comprehensive framework for action; a biospheric perspective...

This is a compilation of papers by experts in the fields of disarmament, environment and development. The papers presented include: a comprehensive framework for action; a biospheric perspective...


Implications of IAEA Inspections Under Security Council Resolutions 687, The

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: August 1992 )

This publication evaluates the first six inspections under resolution 687 and the possible consequences for the safeguards system of the IAEA in Iraq and for the control system of the Treaty on the...

This publication evaluates the first six inspections under resolution 687 and the possible consequences for the safeguards system of the IAEA in Iraq and for the control system of the Treaty on the...


Security Council Resolution 687 of 3 April 1991 in the Gulf Affair

Problems of Restoring and Safeguarding Peace

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: October 1992 )

Resolution 687 adopted on 3 April 1991 by the Security Council, is a veritable legal monument. Its purpose was to put an end to the international conflict stemming from the occupation and annexation...

Resolution 687 adopted on 3 April 1991 by the Security Council, is a veritable legal monument. Its purpose was to put an end to the international conflict stemming from the occupation and annexation...


Confidence-building Measures within the CSCE Process

Paragraph-by-paragraph Analysis of the Helsinki and Stockholm Regimes

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: January 1989 )

The first systematic commentary on all the provisions of both the Helsinki and Stockholm 'confidence-building measures' regime. Formal and informal proposals and statements made during the different...

The first systematic commentary on all the provisions of both the Helsinki and Stockholm 'confidence-building measures' regime. Formal and informal proposals and statements made during the different...


Future Chemical Weapons Convention and its Organization, The

The Executive Council

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: January 1989 )

This research paper presents the background of the negotiations on a Chemical Weapons Convention which will define rules and procedures that regularize behaviour and control its effects. It also...

This research paper presents the background of the negotiations on a Chemical Weapons Convention which will define rules and procedures that regularize behaviour and control its effects. It also...


Prevention of Geographical Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Zones of Peace in the Southern Hemisphere

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: January 1989 )

This study examines initiatives taken for the prevention of nuclear weapons in Antarctic, Latin America, South Pacific, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It compares similarities and differences among...

This study examines initiatives taken for the prevention of nuclear weapons in Antarctic, Latin America, South Pacific, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It compares similarities and differences among...


Bibliographical Survey of Secondary Literature on Military Expenditures

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: January 1989 )

This survey focuses on analyses prepared by the staff of UNIDIR, or persons working within its framework, who express their personal points of view on the evolution of security, disarmament and arms...

This survey focuses on analyses prepared by the staff of UNIDIR, or persons working within its framework, who express their personal points of view on the evolution of security, disarmament and arms...


Science and Technology

Between Civilian and Military Research and Development

Series: UNIDIR Research Papers
( Print: January 1992 )

This paper focuses on the human and material resources directed to civilian and military research and development and attempts to show the symbiotic relationship between the two.

This paper focuses on the human and material resources directed to civilian and military research and development and attempts to show the symbiotic relationship between the two.