Author: United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 2015-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789210572392
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Preface -- Introduction -- The impact of civil society on global efforts to advance the arms trade treaty: The perspective of a Costa Rican diplomat -- Collaboration between governments and civil society on disarmament and non-proliferation education -- The Arms Trade Treaty: a twenty-first century treaty -- The role of civil society in promoting disarmament education and advancing the arms trade treaty and small arms and light weapons agenda
Author: Claudia Kissling
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-23
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1317165578
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the end of the Cold War, globalization has brought new actors to the political arena. One of those which has attracted considerable attention in academic research is civil society or NGOs. Claudia Kissling addresses the topic of civil society participation in the nuclear non-proliferation regime. The regime qualifies well for this objective since it features, given its characteristics as a treaty regime in the international security field, notable legal avenues for civil society participation. The study takes on a twofold perspective. It addresses the empirical question of whether civil society can contribute to the evolution of regimes in the security field, especially when it comes to security cooperation. It also questions whether civil society can, under certain conditions, contribute to the democratic quality of international decision-making. Here, empirical findings are used in order to test normative political theories on the legitimacy and democracy of global institutions.
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher:
Published: 2017-05-09
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9789211423174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This publication on civil society engagement in disarmament processes draws on recent research and reflections from literary non-fiction, academia, risk assessment, activism and advocacy to present the case for a nuclear weapons ban as a vital first step in nuclear weapons' ultimate abolition"--Title page verso.
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
Published: 2016-05-24
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9789211423099
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This publication contains the statements by representatives of civil society organizations which were delivered on 7 May 2015 during the Non-Governmental Organization segment of the 2015 Review Conference of the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Author: United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789211423037
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years, non-governmental organisations and other members of civil society have had an ever greater impact on the international agenda. Four delegates from Australia, Costa Rica, Japan, and Mexico, and who worked at the United Nations, share their personal views on the impact civil society stakeholders have had in matters relating to disarmament and arms control.
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
Published: 2016-12-05
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9789211423143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Occasional Papers is a series of ad hoc publications presenting, in edited form, papers or statements made at meetings, symposiums, seminars, workshops or lectures that deal with topical issues in the field of arms limitation, disarmament and international security. They are intended primarily for those concerned with these matters in Government, civil society and in the academic community. This publication's authors, who include some of the world's leading scholars, diplomats and activists on the topic, examine historic, strategic, humanitarian and economic aspects of general and complete disarmament to elaborate and elevate the case for prohibiting conventional weapons systems as well as nuclear weapons. The featured articles were originally presented at the seminar held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 21 October 2015 entitled "Comprehensive Approaches for Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century: Rethinking General and Complete Disarmament". It was organized by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica.
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Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789211422771
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This publication contains the statements by representatives of civil society organizations which were delivered on 7 May 2010 during the Non-Governmental Organization segment of the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The Office for Disarmament Affairs is publishing this material within the context of General Assembly resolution 63/81 on the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme in order to further an informed debate on topical issues of arms limitation, disarmament and security. The material appearing in this publication are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States.
Author: Kazuhiro Tobisawa
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9781912500024
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Japan is the only country in the world to have been attacked with nuclear weapons. Her anti-nuclear Civil Society Organisations, with their experiences of coping with the fallout of the atom bomb blasts, are passionately committed to their cause. While international treaties are final objectives, there is another effective diplomatic approach towards nuclear disarmament: CSO diplomacy might open the window of deadlocked inter-states negotiations. The role of civil society in the field of security is relatively new, coming to prominence during the establishment of the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, the so-called Ottawa Treaty. The Treaty also signalled that the role, presence and decision of governments are essential. This is an investigation of the influence that Japanese CSOs have on Japanese official policy in respect of nuclear disarmament. Significantly, it focuses on the private diplomacy of CSOs, on the mitigation of inter-state conflicts that lie behind nuclear issues, and on the involvement of governments in social movements of nuclear disarmament. To explain and understand this effectively could lead to the resolution of half-a-century of failed attempts at nuclear disarmament.