Recently added articles from Ploughshares Monitor:
Canada and a nuclear weapons convention: we call on all member States of the UN--including Canada--to endorse, and begin negotiations for, a nuclear weapons convention as proposed by the UN Secretary-General in his five-point plan for nuclear disarmament.
Sep 22, 2009; Regehr, Ernie ... This statement has been signed, at last count, by more than 300 Canadians named to the Order of Canada. The initiative, led by Ploughshares co-founder Murray Thomson, (1) himself an Officer of the Order, has won the support of a wide cross-section of Canadians from scientific, cultural, ...
Naming war, counting the dead: Ploughshares' Armed Conflicts Report in perspective.
Sep 22, 2009; Woolner, Christina ... While war and peace have long been topics of study, the systematic collection of conflict data is relatively recent (Eck 2005, p. 5). Project Ploughshares' Armed Conflicts Report (ACR), begun in 1987, emerged alongside other conflict data projects undertaken by academic institutions, ...
Canadian military exports during 2006.
Sep 22, 2009; Epps, Kenneth ... In July the Canadian government quietly released its latest report on military goods exports. It revealed that Canada exported military equipment worth $360.4-million to 68 states during 2006. Six of the recipient states were involved in armed conflict (and concomitant human fights ...
Small arms and domestic violence: the situation in Canada.
Sep 22, 2009; Gonzales, Maribel ... In June 2009 Canadian groups, including Project Ploughshares, joined those in 85 other countries in marking the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence. Coalition for Gun Control President Wendy Cukier (IANSA 2009) noted, Although gun violence takes different forms in different ...
New role for APFO's Bethuel Kiplagat.
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] President Kibaki of Kenya has appointed Africa Peace Forum Executive Director Bethuel Kiplagat to chair the Kenya Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC). The nine-member commission will, among other things, address Kenya's "historical ...
2008-2009 Canadian International Council Research Fellows Policy Papers on Arctic sovereignty and security.
Sep 22, 2009; ... 2008-2009 Canadian International Council Research Fellows Policy Papers on Arctic sovereignty and security. Published in June/July 2009. Available at http://www.canadianinternationalcouncil.org/ research/cicfellows. Franklyn Griffiths, Towards a Canadian Arctic Strategy, Foreign ...
Update on the Geneva Declaration.(GENEVA DECLARATION)
Sep 22, 2009; ... By July 2009 the Geneva Declaration had been endorsed by 108 states (Canada signed in 2006), most recently Luxembourg. Signatories commit to supporting "initiatives to prevent and reduce human, social and economic costs of armed violence, to assess risks and vulnerabilities, to evaluate ...
