Lukol Directory: Society: Issues: Warfare and Conflict: Disarmament

Western States Legal Foundation
Information and analysis for peace and environmental activists. Provides WSLF publications, government documents on nuclear weapons policy and related topics, and web links.
http://www.wslfweb.org/

Missile Defense Working Group
A network of campaigning and research organisations that are opposed to the development of a Missile Defense system and to any UK involvement in a United States or European missile defense system.
http://www.mdwg.org.uk/

Disarmament Times
Published under the auspices of the NGO Committee on Disarmament to report on disarmament developments in the U.N. system.
http://www.igc.apc.org/disarm/fPubls.htm

Rooting Out Evil
Challenges nations that produce and conceal weapons of mass destruction to disarm. Sent a weapons inspection team to the United States to inspect the chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons produced and concealed by the Bush regime. Includes a signup form and news.
http://www.rootingoutevil.org/

The Council for a Livable World
News, in-depth background analysis and opinion of military and defense issues from disarmament advocacy organization.
http://www.clw.org/

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Non-Proliferation Project
An independent source of facts and analysis on all aspects of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons and missile proliferation. Links for resources, news and related issues.
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/

United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
Press releases, status updates, and statements on current on UN disarmament activities.
http://disarmament.un.org/

Federation of American Scientists
Analyses public policy for global security; covers Arms Sales Monitoring, Biological Weapons, CyberStrategy, Intelligence Reform, Military Analysis, Monitoring Emerging Diseases, Nuclear Weapons, Secrecy and Government and Space Policy.
http://www.fas.org/

Arms Reduction Coalition
Campaigns for United Nations to implement Charter article 26 by agreeing to reduce the diversion for armaments of the world's human and economic resources by a set percentage each year. Provides reports, books, letters and event information.
http://www.action-for-un-renewal.org.uk/pa...

US State Department Bureau of Arms Control
Policy oversight for the missions of arms control, nonproliferation, and political-military affairs. Merged with the former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Many fact sheets, treaties and reports.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/burea...

The Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies
Non-governmental organization which studies problems of nuclear weapons reduction.
http://www.armscontrol.ru/

US State Department Bureau of Nonproliferation
Responsible for the missions of arms control, nonproliferation, and political-military affairs. Merged with the former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Many fact sheets, treaties and reports.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/burea...

Berlin Information-center for Transatlantic Security
German based organization providing independent expertise on military security issues, especially in the field of nuclear and conventional disarmament and arms control, non-proliferation, and NATO-Russian relations.
http://www.bits.de

Institute For Science and International Security
ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution that focuses on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and on bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide. Site has publication library and satellite imagery gallery.
http://www.isis-online.org/

Disarmament Diplomacy Archives
Articles on nuclear, biological, and terrorism. Copywrited in 1999 by The Acronym Institute. Disarmament Diplomacy, published since January 1996, is the successor journal to Nuclear Proliferation News.
http://www.acronym.org.uk/

International Security Information Service
ISIS based in London, provides information and briefings on important issues particularly weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and humanitarian intervention.
http://www.isisuk.demon.co.uk/

Eonomists Allied for Arms Reduction - ECAAR
NGO offering analysis on global issues relating to peace, security, and the world economy. Includes overview, publications, and events.
http://www.ecaar.org/

Verification Research, Training and Information Center (VERTIC)
Verification as a means of ensuring confidence in the implementation of treaties or other agreements in areas of peace, security, arms control, disarmament and the environment.
http://www.vertic.org/

Union of Concerned Scientists Global Security
Provides resources, analysis, policy initiatives and public education to help bring about a world free of nuclear arms.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/

Pope John Paul II On Disarmament
Message to the General Assembly of the United Nations stating that disarmament efforts cannot concern only some countries or be centered one type of weapon.
http://www.cin.org/jp2ency/disarm.html

Ploughshares Fund
Enhances global security by fighting nuclear terrorism and proliferation, preventing war, reducing defense spending, restraining arms trading, cleaning up radioactive waste, and banning landmines.
http://www.ploughshares.org

Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security
A private voluntary organization based at the UN providing services and facilities to citizens' groups concerned with the peace and disarmment activities of the United Nations.
http://disarm.igc.org/

United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)
Centre for conference diplomacy in the world and the site of many historic negotiations. Includes virtual tour, issues, activities and goals.
http://www.unog.ch/

Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies
Foster research, teaching, and public discussion of military and strategic issues of national and international significance. Research activities on military history and the strategic analysis of defence operations, peace-keeping, and arms control.
http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwmsds/

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Consolidates a variety of disparate, yet related, Defense Department functions to deal more effectively with the threats posed by nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.
http://www.dtra.mil/

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
Research projects, databases and publications about the global proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction.
http://cns.miis.edu/

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
A first-rank research center, with support from the Swedish government. Arms and military research areas including publications and database.
http://www.sipri.se/

Centre for European Security and Disarmament
Provides information and advice on topical defense, foreign and security policy questions that affect Europe, especially within European security institutions. CESD was established in 1993, evolving from the NATO Alerts Network.
http://www.cesd.org/

Bochum Verification Project
Applied-physics research for automatic sensor systems which could be used in the verification of disarmament and peace-keeping.
http://www.ep3.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/bvp/inde...

Arms Control Association
National nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding and support for effective arms control policies.
http://www.armscontrol.org/

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