Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution 1.2 – Reviews
Gasparini Alves, Pericles and Daiana Belinda Cipollone, eds. Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in the 21st Century.
1997. United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. UNIDIR/97/37. 145 pp. $25.00.
United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa. United Nations Concern for Peace and Security in Central Africa.
1997. United Nations (E.98.IX.2) 122 pp. $25.00.
On 14 February 1967 the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which created the first regional nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZ), was signed. On 13-14 February 1997, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, the Government of Mexico and the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Carribean hosted a seminar to discuss the history and future of NWFZs. Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zones in the 21st Century is a collection of speeches and papers presented at the seminar.
The works cover the treaty of Tlatelolco itself along with other NWFZs, NWFZs which may form in the near future and what should be done to strengthen and expand NWFZs in the next century. The contributors are primarily diplomats, but both NGOs and universities are represented.
This is a concise, but important, addition to the underdeveloped field of NWFZ research. The essays are clear and well documented and provide the student and professional alike with an excellent reference for research and practice.
United Nations Concern for Peace and Security in Central Africa is a reference document produced by the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa. The Standing Advisory Committee is made up of the eleven central African states and is intended to provide diplomatic alternatives to conflicts in the region.
This book is more a collection of resources than a coherent text on the region. Its purpose is more to gather relevant information from the UN about central Africa than add new material to the debate. There is, however, an introduction which discusses conflict in central Africa and includes discussions of specific recent conflicts.
As a reference, United Nations Concern for Peace and Security in Central Africa will be extremely valuable to students and researchers. It also can provide a good background to current and future conflicts in the region for interested readers. Table of Contents.
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in the 21st Century
• Preface – Christopher Carle
• Welcome Address – Angel Gurria
• Address by the Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Carribean – Enrique Roman-Morey
• Thirty Years of Experience Towards the Consolidation of the First Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in the World – Sergio Gonzalez Galvez
• Precursor of other Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zones – Enrique Roman-Morey
• Tlatelolco and a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World – William Epstein
• Actual Projection of the Treaty of Tlatelolco – Jorge Berguno Barnes
• The Major Paradigms of International Relations with regard to the Problems of Denuclearization – Luis Alberto Padilla
• Precedents and Legacies: Tlatelolco's Contribution to the 21st Century – John R. Redick
• The South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty (The Treaty of Rarotonga) – Makurita Baaro
• The Treaty on the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Africa (The Pelindaba Treaty) – Isaac E. Ayewah
• The Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (The Bangkok Treaty) – Arumugam Ganapathy
• Status of the Initiative to Create a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Space in Central and Eastern Europe – Alyaksandr Sychou
• A Possible Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Europe – Michael Weston
• The Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East – Nabil Elaraby
• Middle East: Future Perspectives – Yitzhak Lior
• Central Asia: Future Perspectives – Jargalsaihan Enkhsaikhan
• Denuclearization Efforts on the Korean Peninsula: Recent Developments – Seo-Hang Lee
• The South of Asia and the Korean Peninsula – Kim Chan Sik
• The Treaty of Tlatelolco, the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Towards Zero Option on Nuclear Weapons? – Thomas Graham, Jr.
• A World Free of Nuclear Weapons in the Year 2020 – Antonio de Icaza
• The Role Carried out by the Zones Exempt from Nuclear Arms – Joelle Bourgois
• Strengthening of OPANAL: New Challenges for the Future – Hector Gros Espiell
United Nations Concern for Peace and Security in Central Africa
• Introduction
• Basic Facts on the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
• Country Profiles of Central African States
• UN Peacekeeping and Other UN Peace Missions in Central Africa
• UN General Assembly Resolutions dealing with the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Peace and Security Questions in Central Africa
• Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly dealing with the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Peace and Security Questions in Central Africa
• Statements of the Secretary-General dealing with the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Peace and Security Questions in Central Africa
• Other Documents
• Brazzaville Declaration on Cooperation for Peace and Security in Central Africa
• Final Declaration of First Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Governments of Member States of the UN Standing Advisory Committee
• Non-Aggression Pact
• Declaration of Second Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Governments of Member States of the UN Standing Advisory Committee
• Report of the Ninth Ministerial Meeting of the UN Standing Advisory Committee
• Security Council Resolution establishing International Tribunal for Rwanda
• Typology of Sources of Conflict in the Central African Subregion
• UN Press Releases dealing with the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Peace and Security Questions in Central Africa
• UN Security Council Resolutions relating to the establishment of peace operations in central Africa
• List of Meetings dealing with the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Peace and Security Questions in Central Africa
• Participants of Central African States in Multilateral Disarmament Treaties
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
By Derek Sweetman, editor
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