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- Arms Management Programme Articles
- ISS Today
- ISS Today 2010
- ISS Today 2009
- 5 October 2009: Africa Continues to Actively Promote the Convention on Cluster Munitions
- 7 October 2009: Mozambican Government Launches New Reintegration Process
- 15 September 2009: Third Continental Conference of African Experts on Landmines Adopts New African Common Position
- 7 September 2009: Downsizing the Arms Industry in South Africa Could Harm the Economy
- 06 February 2009: Stoking the Fires: The International Arms Trade in Africa
- 12 August 2009: ISS Today: Africa Is Now Officially a Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons
- 20 March 2009: The Danger of Arms and Ammunition Stockpiles
- 29 June 2009: Global Week of Action Calls for Advance on an Arms Trade Treaty
- 3 August 2009: The Enigma of South Africa’s Arms Trade
- 31 July 2009: African Civil Society And The Elimination of Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 4 May 2009: United Nations Convenes Crucial Nuclear Weapons Meeting
- 5 June 2009: South Africa Reports Drop in Firearm Loss and Theft
- 5 March 2009: Ten Years On: Still Striving for a Mine-Free Africa
- 6 April 2009: Southern Sudan Grapples to Disarm as the Referendum Beckons
- 6 July 2009: The Impact of Inadequate Ammunition Stockpile Management in Africa
- 8 January 2009: New High Profile Campaign to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Launched
- 8 May 2009: Ammunition Stockpiling An Explosive Exercise
- 8 May 2009: Mixed Results for Zimbabwe Chair of United Nations Nuclear Weapons Meeting
- The enigma of South Africa's arms trade
- 29 June 2009: Global Week of Action Calls for Advance on an Arms Trade Treaty
- 5 June 2009: South Africa Reports Drop in Firearm Loss and Theft
- ISS Today 2008
- 07 April 2008: Why Do We Need Small Arms?
- 11 March 2008: Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
- 12 February 2008: Second Person Convicted of Contravening South Africa’s Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act
- 12 September 2008: India-US Nuclear Deal a Blow to Africa
- 15 April 2008: The Role of African States in Banning Cluster Munitions
- 18 February 2008: Penultimate Step in Banning Cluster Munitions Starts in New Zealand
- 25 August 2008: Destroying Firearms Contributes to Peace in Southern Africa
- 7 March 2008: Who is Viktor Bout?
- 4 December 2008: Africa’s Role In United Nations Disarmament Talks
- 19 November 2008: South Africa’s Abdul Samad Minty Nominated For IAEA Director-General
- 23 October 2008: Africa To Set The Pace Of New Convention On Cluster Munitions
- 21 October 2008: Entry-Into-Force of the Pelindaba Treaty a Step Closer
- 13 October 2008: Pirated Ship and the Veiled International Arms Trade
- 9 May 2008: Zimbabwe to Chair Crucial Nuclear Treaty Negotiations
- 1 October 2008: SADC States Yet To Implement Controls On Arms Brokering
- 15 December 2008: New Defence Minister Announces The Destruction Of South Africa’s Cluster Bombs
- 30 July 2008: UN Small Arms Process: Iran Versus The Rest Of The World (Minus The United States)
- 6 July 2008: Seven Reasons To Impose An Arms Embargo On Zimbabwe
- ISS Today
- Small Arms and Light Weapons
- African Union (AU)
- Conventions/Treaties/Protocols and Declarations
- SADC: Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials in the SADC Region, 2002
- Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons, 2000
- African Common Position to the Review Conference on Progress Made in the Implementation of the UN PoA to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 16 December 2005
- Publications and Reports
- Landmines In Africa
- Call for Contributions: Arms Control Africa, Vol 1 No 4, 2008 (Deadline: 15 September 2008)
- Conventions/Treaties/Protocols and Declarations
- East African Community (EAC)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Conventions/Treaties/Protocols and Declarations
- National Legislation, Policy and Official Documents
- South African Firearms Control Draft Regulations for Public Comment, GovGazette No 30401 26 Oct 2007, (Part 3)
- South African Firearms Control Draft Regulations for Public Comment, GovGazette No 30401 26 Oct 2007, (Part 4)
- South African Firearms Control Draft Regulations for Public Comment, GovGazette No 30401 26 Oct 2007, (Part 5)
- South Africa: Firearms Control Regulations, 2004
- South African Firearms Control Draft Regulations for Public Comment, GovGazette No 30401 26 Oct 2007, (Part 2)
- South African Firearms Control Draft Regulations for Public Comment, GovGazette No 30401 26 Oct 2007, (Part 1)
- Standard Operating Procedures for the Implementation of the SADC Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials
- Statement by H.E. Minister Charles Nqakula Minister of Defence Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the signing of the Convention on Cluster Munitions Oslo, Norway, December 2008
- Control of Firearms, Ammunition and related materials in SADC
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons (RECSA)
- Conventions/Treaties/Protocols and Declarations
- Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa, 2004
- Ministerial Declaration: Second Review Conference of the Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa, 2004
- Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and in the Horn of Africa, 2000
- Official Documents
- Coordinated Agenda for Action on the Problem of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa, November 2000
- Implementation Plan of the Coordinated Agenda for Action on the Problem of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa, November 2000
- Publications and Reports
- Nairobi Conference on Transfer Controls, 20/21 April, 2006: Suggested Global Guidelines for National Controls Governing Transfers of Small Arms and Light Weapons
- Best Practice Guidelines for the Implementation of the Nairobi Declaration and the Nairobi Protocol on Small Arms and Light Weapons, June 2005
- Conventions/Treaties/Protocols and Declarations
- United Nations (UN)
- Key Documents
- UN Disarmament Yearbook No 31, 2006
- Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 2001
- UN General Assembly: Resolution 55/255. Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, Supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, June 2001
- Supplement to an Agenda for Peace. Position Paper of the UN Secretary-General, January 1995
- Relevant Security Council and General Assembly Resolutions and Reports
- Security Council Report Update on Small Arms, April 2008
- UN Security Council: Report of the Secretary General on Small Arms, April 2008
- UN General Assembly: Human Rights Council. The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/L.24), August 2006
- UN General Assembly: Report of the Secretary-General (A/61/288), August 2006
- UN General Assembly: Human Rights Council. Final Report: Prevention of Human Rights Violations Committed With Small Arms and Light Weapons, July 2006
- UN Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on Small Arms, February 2006
- UN First Committee: Meeting on the Introduction of Draft Texts On Tracing Small Arms, Prohibiting Use of Anti-Personnel Mines, New York, October 2005
- UN Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on Small Arms, February 2005
- UN General Assembly: Report of the Secretary-General on International Cooperation in the Fight Against Transnational Organised Crime: Assistance to States in Capacity-Building With a View to Facilitating the Implementation of the UN Convention Against Tra
- UN General Assembly: Resolution 58/241. The illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects, January 2004
- UN General Assembly: Resolution 58/58. Assistance to States for Curbing the Illicit Traffic in Small Arms and Collecting Them, December 2003
- UN General Assembly: Report of the Secretary-General: Assistance to States for Curbing Illicit Traffic in Small Arms and Collecting Them; The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects; Consolidation of Peace Through Practical Disarm
- UN Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on Small Arms, December 2003
- UN General Assembly: Report of the Group of Governmental Experts Established Pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 56/24 V of 24 December 2001, Entitled “The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects” July 2003
- UN Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on Methods of destruction of small arms, light weapons, ammunition and explosives, September 2002
- UN Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on Small Arms, September 2002
- UN Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on the Role of UN Peacekeeping in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, February 2000
- Other
- Small Arms and Light Weapons: Selected United Nations Documents, 2008 Edition
- U.S. Support for the Arms Trade Treaty
- United Nations Regional Meeting for States from Southern Africa, the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States on the Programme of Action on Small Arms, Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 July 2009
- Opening remarks by UNIDIR at the Informal Meeting on Transfer Control Principles for Small Arms and Light Weapons, Geneva, 27 - 31 August 2007
- UN: Report of the Disarmament Commission for 2004
- UN: Report of the Disarmament Commission, July 1996
- UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa: Report of the Secretary-General, August 2004
- UN: Report of the Disarmament Commission, May 1999
- Best Practice for Disposal or Surplus / Demilitarized Military Equipment, December 2000
- Report of the UN Open-ended Working Group to Negotiate an International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, June 2005
- Commission on Human Rights. Progress Report: Prevention of Human Rights Violations Committed with Small Arms and Light Weapons, June 2004
- Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Analysis of the National Reports Submitted by States from 2002-2008 (Draft Report)
- UN Department for Disarmament Affairs: A Destruction Handbook, Small Arms, Light Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives, 2001
- Report of the Group of Experts on the Problem of Ammunition and Explosives, June 1999
- Report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, August 1999
- Conference on the Implementation, by the Arab States, of the UN Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons. Co-Chairs' Summary, Cairo, December 2003
- Draft Convention on the Marking, Registration and Tracing of Small Arms and Light Weapons, 2003
- Draft Convention on the Marking, Registration and Tracing of Small Arms and Light Weapons: Grounds for Action and Overview of the Articles, 2003
- Elements for Export Control of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS), December 2000
- Groupe de Recherche et d`Information (GRIP): Model Convention on Small Arms Tracing
- International Consultation on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons, June 2000
- Non-Paper of the Chairman: Open-Ended Working Group on an International Instrument for the Identification and Tracing of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, May 2004
- Progress Report of the UN Secretary-General on Ways to Combat Subregional and Cross-Border Problems in West Africa, February 2005
- Report of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, August 1997
- Report of the UN Secretary-General on Ways to Combat Subregional and Cross-Border Problems in West Africa, March 2004
- Report of the UN Secretary-General on Ways to Combat Subregional and Cross-Border Problems in West Africa, March 2004
- Report of the United Nations First Biennial Meeting of States on the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, July 2003
- Security Together: A Unified Supply and Demand Approach to Small Arms Control Working Paper, Quaker UN Office, February 2005
- UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, August-September 1990
- UN Department for Disarmament Affairs: "Promoting Transparency in the Flows of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa." Regional Workshop Final Report, Bamako, July 2004
- UN Dept of Disarmament Affairs: Burundi: Data and Information on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, April 2004
- UN Dept of Disarmament Affairs: Burundi: Data and Information on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, April 2004
- UN Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit: Lessons Learned Study on the Start-Up Phase of the UN Mission in Liberia, April 2004
- UN Permanent Consultative Committee on the Security Situation in Central Africa: Report of the Brazzaville Seminar on the Implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action to Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in
- UNDP: Small Arms Reduction Programme Great Lakes Region: Annual Report, August 2003
- UNDP: Small Arms Reduction Programme Great Lakes Region: Burundi: The Impact of Small Arms and Armed Violence on Women. November 2004
- Key Documents
- African Civil Society
- Documents
- 25 May 2005: Statement by the Small Arms and Light Weapons Roundtable to the South African Government
- An African Civil Society Perspective on the African Common Position to the Review Conference on the Progress Made in the Implementation of the UNPoA, developed at the IANSA Preparatory Workshop for the UN Review Conference on Small Arms: Eastern, Central
- RECAAL: Declaration on the Establishment of a Congolese Action Network on Small Arms and Light Weapons, November 2004
- Report: Malawi National Stakeholders’ Meeting on Small Arms. Centre for Human Rights & Rehabilitation and the Malawi Police Service, 2004
- West African Action Network on Small Arms: Foundation Process, June 2003
- Documents
- Non-African/Other
- Intergovernmental
- Kampala Regional Conference on the Convention on Cluster Munitions-Action Plan
- National Governments
- Civil Society
- Human Security and the Impact of Stockpile Management.
- Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue: Annual Report 2007
- Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue: Viewpoints: Negotiating Disarmament - Reflections on Guns, Fighters, and Armed Violence in Peace Processes, March 2008
- Small Arms Consultative Group Process: Developing International Norms to Restrict SALW Transfers to Non-State Actors, January 2006
- The First Committee Monitor: Final Edition, 1-5 November 2004
- The First Committee Monitor: No 1, 4-8 October 2004
- The First Committee Monitor: No 2, 11-15 October 2004
- EU NGO report: Taking Control: The Case of a More Effective European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Export, September 2004
- Control Arms Campaign: Guns or Growth? Assessing the Impact of Arms Sales on Sustainable Development, June 2004
- IANSA: Opportunities for the First Substantive Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, Draft, May 2004
- Control Arms Campaign: Lock, Stock and Barrel: How British Arms Components Add up to Deadly Weapons, February 2004
- Human Rights Watch: Small Arms and Human Rights: The Need for Global Action. A Briefing Paper for the U.N. Biennial Meeting on Small Arms, July 2003
- Academic and Civil Society Publications
- Central Africa
- Continental - Africa
- Controlling the Transfer of Arms: Progress and Challenges in the African Context. Adele Kirsten and Noel Stott, with the assistance of Leslie Schafer, ISS Working Paper
- Multiple Firearm Injury: Case Report and Review of Literature on the Burden of Firearm Injury in Africa
- Final Report of the Roundtable Workshop on the Enhancement of Regional Cooperation and Coordination in the Management of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa, September 2005
- Curbing Armed Conflicts and the Illicit Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Prerequisite to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa by 2015. Ngalim E. Nyuydine, 2005
- Focus on Arms in Africa: Vol 4 No 1, 2005
- Confidence-Building Measures as Tools for Disarmament and Development. Sarah Meek, African Security Review, Vol 14 No 1, 2005
- African Human Security Initiative, Paper 4: African Commitments to Combating the Spread of Small Arms and Light Weapons: A review of eight NEPAD countries, August 2004
- Focus on Arms in Africa: Vol 3 No 1, 2004
- Armed Non-State Actors in Africa and the Ban on Anti-Personnel Landmines, Noel Stott, African Security Review Vol 13 No 3, 2004
- Focus on Arms in Africa: Vol 3 No 2, 2004
- Focus on Arms in Africa: No 6, October 2003
- Ready, Set, Trace: Making Progress in Tracking Illegal Arms (Article by S Meek, N Stott), African Security Review Vol 12 No 2, 2003
- Focus on Arms in Africa: No 2, June 2002
- Focus on Arms in Africa: No 5, May 2003
- Focus on Arms in Africa: No 1, March 2002
- Focus on Arms in Africa: No 4, December 2002
- Eastern Africa
- The Darfur Peace Process: Recipe for a bad deal? - Enough Project
- Small Arms Survey Issue Brief - No standing, few prospects: How peace is failing South Sudanese female combatants and WAAFG, September 2008
- Small Arms Survey Issue Brief - Response to Pastoral Wars: A Review of Violence Reduction Efforts in Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, September 2007
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Strengthening Small Arms Controls: An audit of small arms control legislation in the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa, February 2004
- Southern Africa
- Connecting Community Security and DDR: Experiences from Eastern DRC - Peace, Security and Development Network
- ISS Paper 134: Simpler, Better, Faster: Review of the 2005 Firearms Amnesty, Adèle Kirsten, April 2007
- Operation Rachel
- Armed Conflict and Disarmament: Selected Central African Case Studies. Nelson Alusala, ISS Monograph No 129, March 2007
- Fatal Violence in South Africa – The Role of Firearms. Submission by the MRC/UNISA Crime, Violence and Injury Lead Programme
- ISS Paper 120: Swords into Ploughshares: Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. Gwinyayi Albert Dzinesa, January 2006
- Small Arms Survey, Working Paper 3: Islands of Safety in a Sea of Guns: Gun-free Zones in South Africa’s Fothane, Diepkloof, and Khayelitsha. January 2006
- From Fieldwork to Facts to Firearms Control. Research and Advocacy Towards Firearm Control Legislation in South Africa. A Case Study. Children's Institute, August 2005
- Gun Free South Africa: The Proliferation of Firearms in South Africa, 1994-2004. Margaret Keegan, April 2005
- Operation Sethunya: Proactive Policing Can Solve the Illicit Firearms Problem. Sarah Meek and Noel Stott, SA Crime Quarterly No 10, December 2004
- Monitor: Issue 4, August 2004
- BICC Brief 29: Exchanging Guns for Tools: The TAE Approach to Practical Disarmament - An Assessment of the TAE Project in Mozambique, April 2004
- Understanding and Regulating Arms Brokering in Southern Africa: ISS Workshop Report, Johannesburg, March 2004
- ISS Paper 83: Implementing the Southern Africa Firearms Protocol: Identifying Challenges and Priorities. Noel Stott, November 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Seychelles: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Swaziland: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- DECOSAC: Rapid Assessment of the Small Arms Situation in Malawi, 2002
- Institute for Human Rights and Criminal Justice Studies: The Role of the Criminal Justice System in Excluding Unfit Persons from Firearm Ownership, December 2002
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Botswana: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Lesotho: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Malawi: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Mauritius: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Namibia: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Tanzania: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Zambia: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- SaferAfrica and Saferworld: Zimbabwe: The Law of the Gun. An audit of firearms control legislation in the SADC region, June 2003
- Western Africa
- Other
- UNDP/AWEPA: A Parliamentarians' Handbook on the Small Arms Issue, March 2004
- Centre for Civil Society Research, Report No 21: The Role of Social Movements in Gun Control: An International Comparison Between South Africa, Brazil and Australia. Adéle Kirsten, September 2004
- The United Nations and “Gun Control”. CRS Report for the US Congress, April 2005
- Centre for Civil Society Research, Report No 21: The Role of Social Movements in Gun Control: An International Comparison Between South Africa, Brazil and Australia. Adéle Kirsten, September 2004
- Is Africa a Union?
- African Union (AU)
- Conventional Weapons
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- United Nations (UN)
- Key Documents
- UN General Assembly: Resolution 58/54. Transparency in Armaments, December 2003
- Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects and Protocols, 1980
- Additional Protocol to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects. Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV), Octo
- Amended Protocol II of the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects. May 1996
- Publications and reports
- Relevant Security Council and General Assembly Resolutions
- Report on the Continuing Operation of the UN Register of Conventional Arms and its Further Development, August 2000
- Report of the Disarmament Commission, May 1999
- Report of the Disarmament Commission, July 1996
- Department for Disarmament Affairs: UN Register of Conventional Arms Information Booklet, 2001
- Key Documents
- Intergovernmental
- Academic and Civil Society Publications
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- General Material WMD
- - Nuclear Weapons
- CTBT
- Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NPT RevCon 2010: Statement on behalf of the Group of non-governmental experts from countries belonging to the New Agenda Coalition
- NPT RevCon 2010: Algeria Opening Statement
- NPT RevCon 2010: Egypt on behalf of the New Agenda Coalition
- NPT RevCon 2010: Egypt Opening Statement
- NPT RevCon 2010: Gambia Opening Statement
- NPT RevCon 2010: Ghana Opening Statement
- NPT RevCon 2010: Kenya Opening Statement
- Working Paper Presented by the Members of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Parties to the Treaty,1998
- Working paper submitted by Ireland on behalf of Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden as members of the New Agenda Coalition, 2007
- Treaty of Pelindaba
- Africa is now officially a zone free of nuclear weapons
- Entry-into-Force of the Treaty of Pelindaba: Establishing the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE)
- Accelerate the Ratification of the Pelindaba Treaty - The Nonproliferation Review /Spring 2003
- How the African Continent became a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, 2007
- Information Note on the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)
- General Material
- Africa's Nuclear Capability, 1984
- Carnegie Issue Brief: A.Q. Khan Nuclear Chronology, 2005
- Carnegie Report: Toward Universal Compliance: A 2007 Report Card
- CONSIDERATIONS TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAMME - INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA), 2007
- Libyan leader says the race to develop nuclear weapons is `crazy'
- Major Proposals to Strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty : A RESOURCE GUIDE
- N U C L E A R D I S A R M A M E N T What Now?! 2005
- Nuclear Power – Myth and Reality, 2006
- Nuclear weapons-free zones, 1997
- NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES: A HISTORY AND ASSESSMENT
- Nuclear-weapon-free zones: advantages shortcomings and prospects,2005
- Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones: Still a Useful Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Tool?
- Over-the-Horizon Threats: WMD Proliferation 2020
- Recent regulatory developments in the nuclear field in South Africa/2005
- South Africa from the Perspective of WMD Supply Networks: Indications and Warning Implications
- South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program, 2001
- The importance of Nuclear Weapons Free Zones
- The Untold Success Story of Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, 2004
- The US-India Nuclear Deal and its Significance for South Africa, 2007
- XIV MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (MIDTERM REVIEW), 2004
- Resisting (Nuclear) Power? Environmental Regulation in South Africa
- - Biological Weapons
- Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
- Achieving the outcomes of the Sixth Review Conference (BTWC) 2006
- Biological warfare, bioterrorism, biodefence and the biological and toxin weapons convention 1999
- BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP) The Meeting of Experts: Building on past experience 2007
- BioWeapons Report 2004
- BUILDING CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THE BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION: SUMMARY OF A VERTIC PROJECT
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
- CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION: THE TEXT OF THE CONVENTION AND ADDITIONAL UNDERSTANDINGS, 2005
- Declarations and Reservations to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, 2005
- Dual-Use Technology In the Context of the Non-Proliferation Regime 2006
- Enhancing BWC Implementation: A Modular Approach 2004
- EU Commission: Green paper on bio-preparedness 2007
- Press Release: SIXTH REVIEW CONFERENCE ON BIOWEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES, 2006
- SIXTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION, 2006
- SIXTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION, 2006
- THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: BACKGROUND INFORMATION
- Trends in Bio-Terrorism: Two Generations of Potential Weapons 1999
- Why the United States Rejected the Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
- Biosecurity & Biosafety
- DTI: NOTICE UNDER SECTION 13 OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ACT, 1993 (ACT NO. 87 OF 1993), 2004
- General Material
- Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
- - Chemical Weapons
- - UNSCR 1540
- Country Reports
- General Material
- Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540: A Division of Labor
- Global Non-Proliferation and Counter-Terrorism: The Impact of UNSCR 1540
- Global Non-Proliferation and Counter-Terrorism: The Role of Resolution 1540 and Its Implications
- Occassional Paper: United Nations Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in Africa
- Report: Implementing UNSC Resolution 1540: A Risk-Based Approach
- The role of regional and sub-regional organizations in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540: a preliminary assessment of the African continent
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) - 5635th Meeting, 23 February 2007: New York
- - Conference on Disarmament
- - Civilian Nuclear Sector
- African Union (AU)
- United Nations (UN)
- Key Documents
- Relevant Security Council and General Assembly Resolutions
- Other Documents
- Statement by Egypt on Nuclear Disarmament and Negative Security Assurances to the Second Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference, April 2008
- Statement by the Non-Aligned Movement on Nuclear Disarmament and Negative Security Assurances to the Second Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference, April 2008
- General Statement of South Africa to the Second Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference, April 2008
- General Statement of Botswana to the Second Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference, April 2008
- General Statement of Nigeria to the Second Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference, April 2008
- Statement by Kenya on Nuclear Disarmament and Negative Security Assurances to the Second Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference, April 2008
- The African Group Statement at the General Debate of the 2008 Substantive Session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission
- Statement by the Non-Aligned Movement at the General Debate of the 2008 United Nations Disarmament Commission
- General Statement of Namibia to the Second Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference, April 2008
- ODA Occasional Papers, No. 12, May 2007. UN Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in Africa, 9-10 November 2006, Accra, Ghana
- ODA Occasional Papers, No. 13, December 2007. UN Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 27-28 November 2006, Lima, Peru
- Statement: UN Workshop on Implementing UNSC Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, 27-28 November 2007, Gaborone, Botswana
- Statement by Libya at the BTWC meeting of Experts in Geneva, August 2008
- Statement by Morocco at the BTWC meeting of Experts in Geneva, August 2008
- Nigeria’s presentation on “National, Regional and International Measures to Improve Biosafety and Biosecurity, Including Laboratory Safety and Security Pathogens” at the BTWC meeting of Experts in Geneva, August 2008
- Nigeria’s paper on “Biological Biosafety and Biosecurity: Concepts and Approaches” presented by Prof GH Ogbadu, NAC & BWC, Nigeria at the BTWC meeting of Experts in Geneva, August 2008
- Statement by Sudan at the BTWC meeting of Experts in Geneva, August 2008
- Morocco presentation on “Example of Regional and National Measures to Improve Biosafety and Biosecurity by Khalid R Temsamani at the BTWC meeting of Experts in Geneva, August 2008
- Cameroon’s presentation: “Biosécurité, Renforcement des Capacités et Gestion des Risques” at the BTWC meeting of Experts in Geneva, August 2008
- Academic and Civil Society Publications
- Continental - Africa
- Ship without sails: Chemical and biological weapons control in Africa
- Countering WMD proliferation in Africa
- ISS Paper 171 - Ship without sails: Chemical and biological weapons control in Africa, Amelia du Rand, November 2008
- A Brief Guide to The Pelindaba Treaty. Towards Entry-into-Force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, Noel Stott, Amelia du Rand and Jean du Preez, October 2008 (PDF 3.34 MB)
- ISS Paper 167 - African perspectives on countering weapons of mass destruction, Dominique Dye, September 2008
- ISS Statement to the Meeting of Experts of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, Geneva, 18 August 2008
- Call for Papers: ISS Monograph: African and Weapons of Mass Destruction (Deadline: 30 August 2008)
- Statement by a Meeting of Experts from Countries Belonging to the New Agenda Coalition, Geneva, 30 April 2008
- Towards Entry-Into-Force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba): A Brief Guide to Ratification, March 2008
- The role of regional and sub-regional organizations in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540: a preliminary assessment of the African continent. Johan Bergenas with Dr. Lawrence Scheinman, 2007
- Banning Biologial Weapons: National legislation in Africa. Angela Woodward, African Security Review, Vol 14 No 1, 2005
- Civil Society and the Norm Against the Weaponisation of Disease: Meeting the challenge. Dr Jean Pascal Zanders and Chandré Gould, African Security Review, Vol 14 No. 1, 2005
- Chronology of Events Relating to Africa and Biological Weapons: The Fifth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention. African Security Review, Vol 14 No 1, 2005
- Why Preventing the Hostile Use of the Life Sciences is Relevant to Africa: The ICRC Appeal on Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity. John Borrie and Dominique Loye, African Security Review, Vol 14 No 1, 2005
- Preventing the Spread of Biological Weapons. Chandre Gould, African Security Review Vol 14 No 1, 2005
- The Importance of the BTWC for Africa and the Role of African States in Multilateral Disarmament Initiatives. Nobuyasu Abe, African Security Review, Vol 14 No 1, 2005
- The AU Plan on Terrorism. Joining the Global War or Leading an African Battle? Kathryn Sturman, African Security Review, Vol 11, No. 4, 2002
- Understanding the Implications of UN Security Council Resolution 1540. Ben Steyn, African Security Review, Vol 14 No 1, 2005
- Eastern Africa
- Southern Africa
- Correspondence: South Africa's Nuclear Decisions, Helen E. Purkitt, Stephen F. Burgess & Peter Liberman. International Security, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Summer 2002)
- The Rise and Fall of the South African Bomb, Peter Liberman. International Security, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Fall 2001)
- Out Of (South) Africa: Pretoria's Nuclear Weapons Experience. Roy E. Horton, III. INSS Occasional Paper 27, Counterproliferation Series, August 1999
- Other
- The 2008 Meeting of Experts: Biosecurity and Education
- Joint Statement from Participants in the Regional Biosecurity Workshop, Johannesburg, 28-30 May 2008
- NGO Statement on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) for the Fifth Article XIV Conference on Facilitating Entry Into Force, 18 September 2007
- What Bugs You? Newsletter from the BioWeapons Prevention Project, No 3, September 2007
- What Bugs You? Newsletter from the BioWeapons Prevention Project, No 2, August 2007
- What Bugs You? Newsletter from the BioWeapons Prevention Project, No 1, July 2007
- Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540: A Risk-Based Approach. Peter Crail, Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, July 2006
- Continental - Africa
- Landmines
- International / African Processes
- The Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World: Towards a Mine-Free World: The 2004 Nairobi Declaration, December 2004 (unofficial text)
- The Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World: Ending the Suffering Caused by Anti-Personnel Mines: Nairobi Action Plan 2005-2009, December 2004 (unofficial text)
- Ending the Suffering Caused by Antipersonnel Mines: Draft Nairobi Action Plan 2005-2009, June 2004
- Draft Review of the Operation and Status of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction: 1999-2004. June 2004
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa Convention), 1997
- UN General Assembly: Resolution 58/53. Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, January 2004
- UN Disarmament Yearbook No 31, 2006 (PDF 3MB)
- Publications
- United Nations Portfolio of Mine Action Projects, 2009, twelfth edition
- Geneva Call Annual Report, 2007
- Geneva Call Newsletter, Vol 5, No 3, October 2007
- ICRC: Caring For Landmine Victims, June 2005
- ICRC: Towards Safer Communities. Mine/ERW Awareness Programmes, May 2004
- Landmine Survivors Network: Annual Report 2004
- ICRC Special Report: Mine Action 2002
- Landmine Monitor: Status of Implementation of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, June 2004
- Armed Non-State Actors in Africa and the Ban on Anti-Personnel Landmines. Noel Stott, African Security Review Vol 13 No 3, 2004
- ISS Paper 80: The Landmine Factor in the Peacekeeping Debate in Africa. Noel Stott, Kathryn Sturman and Jakkie Cilliers, November 2003
- The EU Mine Actions in the World, 2003
- EC Mine Action 2002-2004: Strategy and Multiannual Indicative Programming, 2002
- Armed Non-State Actors and Landmines. Vol. III: Towards a Holistic Approach to Armed Non-State Actors? 15 November 2007, Geneva Call - Graduate Institute of International Studies
- International / African Processes
- Arms Management Programme Articles
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