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The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research is a voluntarily funded autonomous institute within the United Nations. An impartial actor, the Institute generates ideas and promotes action on disarmament and security. Based in Geneva, UNIDIR is centrally positioned to assist the international community in developing the practical, innovative thinking needed to find solutions to the challenges of today and tomorrow.

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
PROJECT COAST APARTHEIDS CHEMICAL

Project Coast

Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme

21 Feb 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. The book contains information on the following details concerning ‘Project Coast’: it explains how...
COSTS OF DISARMAMENT RETHINKING

Costs of Disarmament

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

22 Nov 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 cost of treaty compliance have impeded arms control implementation and contributed to its growing ma...
CONSEIL DE SECURITE A L

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?

10 Jan 2003
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 types de conflits et des menaces à la paix dont il traite. Cette étude menée conjointement par l'Ins...
TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TIME FOR

Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Time for Control

10 Jan 2003
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 continuing lack of control over tactical nuclear weapons means that there is a clear and present...
ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN FIREARMS

Illicit Traffic in Firearms

Prevention and Combat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A National, Regional and Global Issue

25 Jan 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 authorities at every level, and must cover all types of activities related to firearms smuggling...
TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PERSPE

Tactical Nuclear Weapons

A Perspective from Ukraine

9 Feb 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 stationed on its territory, has its own concerns about tactical nuclear weapons in Europe. Without b...
TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS OPTIONS

Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Options for Control

9 Feb 2001
A decade after the Bush-Gorbachov unilateral declarations on tactical nuclear weapons, this class of arms is again a cause for concern. This study looks further into the problem of tactical nuclear weapons in the post Cold War world. The first part of the report examines the developments in the U...
BOUND COOPERATE CONFLICT PEACE

Bound to Cooperate

Conflict, Peace and People in Sierra Leone

9 Feb 2001
Africa's economic and social development has been held back by armed conflicts that have inflicted death, injury, hunger and homelessness. This book recognizes that in order to achieve economic development in an environment of peace and security, ordinary men and women from West Africa must be cl...
SMALL ARMS PROBLEM IN CENTRAL ASIA

Small Arms Problem in Central Asia, The

Features and Implications

4 Aug 2000
This publication examines and maps the different dimensions of the small arms problem in the region. It attempts to highlight the gravity of the situation by describing the ways in which the small arms problem manifests itself within the Central Asian context. The study is organized into three su...
PEACEKEEPING IN AFRICA CAPABILITI

Peacekeeping in Africa

Capabilities and Culpabilities

26 May 2000
Peacekeeping in Africa: Capabilities and Culpabilities provides detailed insight into the efforts by the international community and regional and subregional organizations to promote peace and security in the African region. The book analyzes both indigenous and external efforts to develop Africa...
PAIX DE TOMBOUCTOU GESTION DEMOCR

Paix de Tombouctou, La

Gestion Démocratique, Développement et Construction Africaine de la Paix

3 Sep 1999
REPRESION DEL TRAFICO ILICITO

Represión del Tráfico Ilícito de Armas Pequeñas y Tecnologías Sensibles

Una Agenda Orientada hacia la Acción

11 Sep 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 temas que tienen considerables diferencias entre sí. No obstante, ambos comercios ilegales están a m...