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| The end of the Cold War a decade ago
should have led to rapid progress toward the global elimination of nuclear weapons.
Instead, the nuclear weapon states are maintaining thousands of nuclear weapons, many on
high alert, and are continuing to design, research, test and deploy new nuclear weapons
systems (see The Nuclear Bomb: A weapon in search of
a target). US policy is to maintain nuclear weapons indefinitely (see Presidential Decision Directive 60). Unless sincere efforts are made by the nuclear weapons states to eliminate their stockpiles under international agreement, other countries are likely to also acquire nuclear weapons. India and Pakistan recently followed the example of the other nuclear weapon states by openly testing nuclear weapons through nuclear explosions and declaring their nuclear capability (India and Pakistan: A way out of the quagmire). The prospect of a nuclear armed Cold War heating up again became apparent during the Serbian/NATO war (see Triumphalists at Work). LCNP believes that that nuclear states have a legal obligation under Article VI of the Non Proliferation Treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons within a reasonable timeframe (see 1984 Revisited: Comments on Implementation of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty). They should also take immediate steps such as taking all existing nuclear forces off alert (see The Legal Case for De-Alerting Nuclear Weapons). Between June 1999 and December 2000, LCNP board member and disarmament expert William Epstein posted regular progress reports on international nuclear disarmament issues, initiatives and negotiations (see Nuclear Disarmament Commentary). |
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In this section: Ending U.S. Reliance on Nuclear Weapons and Achieving Their Global Elimination: Wise Policy and Required by Law, Statement of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy, March 2008 Stagnation and Redundancy: Report on the 2007 UN First Committee, Michael Spies, Disarmament Diplomacy, Spring 2008 Rebuttal of the U.S. Statement on Nuclear Weapons Alert, Dismantlements and Reductions, Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists, October 19, 2007 Rebuttal of the U.S. Statement on the Alert Status of U.S. Nuclear Forces, Bruce Blair, World Security Institute, October 13, 2007 Ways to Advance the Disarmament Agenda, Remarks to the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, John Burroughs, July 18, 2007 The WMD Commission One Year Later: Impact and Assessment, John Burroughs, Disarmament Diplomacy, Summer 2007 Execution by Consensus:Assessing Compliance and the NPT Review Process, Michael Spies, RCW News in Review, May 2007, p. 3 Alice in Wonderland Revisited: The 13 Practical Steps as “Suggestions,” John Burroughs, May 2007, RCW News in Review, p. 4 News in Review, comprehensive NGO coverage by Reaching Critical Will of the 2007 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting, May 2007 Restructuring Disarmament, John Burroughs, Disarmament Times, Spring 2007, p. 2 The Imperial Presidency and the Consequences of 9/11: Lawyers React to the Global War on Terrorism, James Silkenat and Mark Shulman, eds, 2007 Towards Security Without Nuclear Weapons, John Burroughs, remarks at meeting of the Middle Powers Initiative’s Article VI Forum, Vienna, March 30, 2007 Middle Powers Initiative Briefing Paper, “Forging a New Consensus for the NPT,” March 2007 Peacerights legal opinion on the replacement of the UK Trident, March 6, 2007 LCNP Statement on Replacement of the UK Trident System, March 2007 27,000 Holocausts, Pinky Show interview with John Burroughs, February 7, 2007 (quicktime video, 32mb) Secretary-General Adjusts DDA Proposal, John Burroughs, February 19, 2007 NGO Letter to the United Nations in support of an independent Department for Disarmament Affairs, February 7, 2007 Outline of Testimony by John Burroughs, Trial of the "Ground Zero Three," Port Orchard, Washington, January 24, 2007 What Happened to Nuclear Disarmament? Interview with John Burroughs and Philip Coyle, KUOW – Seattle (NPR affiliate), January 24, 2007 From Auschwitz to Trident (YouTube), John Burroughs, Seattle Town Hall, January 20, 2007 (slides) U.S. Nuclear Hypocrisy and the Iraq War, John Burroughs, January 21, 2007, Citizens' Hearing on the Legality of U.S. Actions in Iraq Regarding "Hybrid Designs for Warheads," Peter Weiss, January 7, 2007 Trampling the Opinions of Humankind, John Burroughs, December 11, 2006 What is a Crime Against Humanity? Pinky Show interview with Peter Weiss, December 11, 2006 (quicktime video, 18mb) Growing U.S. Isolation at the United Nations on Disarmament and Security, Michael Spies, December 9, 2006 Commentary on Kofi Annan’s “Mutually Assured Paralysis” Speech, John Burroughs, December 1, 2006 The U.N.’s Unfinished Nuclear Business, Zia Mian, December 1, 2006 Legal Opinion re UK Trident plans, Philippe Sands and Helen Law, Matrix Chambers, November 13, 2006, commissioned by Greenpeace UK Nagasaki Appeal 2006, 3rd Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, October 23, 2006 Fulfilling the NPT Bargain: Next Steps, Middle Powers Initiative briefing paper, Article VI Forum, Ottawa, September 28-29, 2006 Return to the ICJ: one page flyer, World Court Project UK, September 2006 Press Release: Defiant US Fires Long-Range Test Missile, July 20, 2006 This time, let's listen to Blix on WMD, John Burroughs, Chicago Sun-Times, June 17, 2006 Transcript: Arms Control Association Press Briefing, Hans Blix, Robert Einhorn, Jonathan Tucker, and John Burroughs, June 7, 2006 Press Release: Blix Commission Report on WMD A "Wake-Up Call," Say Advocacy Groups, June 1, 2006 Democracy Now! Interview With John Burroughs, June 2, 2006 The Prevention and Prosecution of Terrorist Acts: A Survey of Multilateral Instruments, New York City Bar, Committee on International Security Affairs, June 2006 Preventing Nuclear Terrorism, John Burroughs, Shield New York Conference, September 30, 2005 Divine Strake: Press Release, Divine Strake Lawsuit, May 22, 2006 Declaration of John Burroughs, Divine Strake Lawsuit, May 20, 2006 More Divine Strake resources... Iran: The Security Council and Iran: Further Escalation and Isolation, Commentary on resolution 1747 (2007) on Iran, Michael Spies, updated: April 3, 2007 Iran and the Role of the Security Council, Michael Spies, March 8, 2007 UN Security Council Escalates Nuclear Situation with Iran, Michael Spies, January 10, 2007 The Phantom Threat, Commentary on the draft Security Council resolution on Iran, Michael Spies, October 30, 2006 Commentary on Security Council Resolution 1696 on Iran, Michael Spies and John Burroughs, July 31, 2006 Commentary on the Possible Security Council Resolution on Iran, Michael Spies and John Burroughs, July 26, 2006 IALANA Statement Regarding the Iran/U.S. Crisis, May 24, 2006 The Letter, Michael Spies, May 18, 2006 DeFazio: War on Iran is up to Congress, not President, John Burroughs, May 7, 2006 Undeclared Nuclear Activities and Outstanding Issues: Clean Bill of Health?, Michael Spies, May 4, 2006 Commentary on the France/UK draft Security Council resolution, John Burroughs, May 3, 2006 Options for the Security Council, John Burroughs, May 2, 2006 Iran's Overhyped Nuclear Progress, Michael Spies, April 20, 2006 The U.S. and Iran: Time to Talk, John Burroughs, April 18, 2006 Hersh’s Bombshell: Commentary on Seymour Hersh’s "The Iran Plans," John Burroughs, April 8, 2006 Presidential Statement Draft Elements: Points and Recommendations, March 20, 2006 Iran and the Security Council: Points and Recommendations, February 28, 2006 Iran and the Limits of the Non-Proliferation
Regime, Michael Spies, American University International Law
Review Conference, February 9, 2006 For NY Times, Washington is NPT's enforcer, not a violator, Steve Rendall, Extra! July/August 2005 Also in this section: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and the New U.S. Peace Movement, John Burroughs and Jacqueline Cabasso, Third Nuclear Disarmament Days, Vitry, France, March 11, 2006 Legal Requirements to Achieve Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, John Burroughs, Article VI Forum, The Hague, March 2, 2006 The Legal Framework for Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Briefing Paper for Greenpeace International, John Burroughs, February 2006 Peacerights Legal Opinion Re UK Trident Nuclear Missile System, Rabinder Singh, QC, and Prof. Christine Chinkin, December 19, 2005 Reporting to the 1540 Committee - A Snapshot, Lars Olberg, November 2005 Letter re UN Summit to House International Relations Committee, September 26, 2005 LCNP Statement
on World Summit Declaration, September 14, 2005 The Disarmament Debate: The Fate of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Interview with John Burroughs, Harvard International Review, Summer 2005 Letter to UN Missions Re Millennium +5 Summit, August 17, 2005 Iran Dispute Sparks East-West Rivalry, IPS, September 22, 2005 Threat
or Use of Nuclear Weapons: Illegal Then, Illegal Now, LCNP Handout
for August 2005 actions commemorating U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki Nuclear
Risks: Necessity and Illegality, Elizabeth Shafer, August 2005
Judge Weeramantry, Is There a Role for Nuclear Weapons Today? Arms Control Today, July/August 2005 NY Times on Failed NPT Review Conference, May 28, 2005 Nuclear Pact Threatened, Toronto Star, April 23, 2005 Coming to grips with doomsday, Seattle Times, June 30, 2005 Civil
Society Presentation to the NPT Review Conference on Article VI
Compliance (pdf), Lawyers' Committee
on Nuclear Policy/Western States Legal Foundation, May 2005 Thirteen
Practical Steps: Legal or Political?, Peter Weiss, John Burroughs,
Michael Spies, May 2005 Why Demand Nuclear Abolition Now - Talking Points, May 2005 Letter Opposing
Confirmation of John Bolton as UN Ambassador, March 15, 2005
pdf version Legal, technical and political elements required for the establishment and maintenance of a nuclear weapons free world, Malaysia, Draft working paper for the 2005 NPT Review Conference Snaring the Sun: Opportunities to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation and advance nuclear disarmament through an abolition framework, (doc) working paper, Alyn Ware, Kate Dewes, and Michael Powles, January 2005 Policy Brief- Coherence Matters: Nuclear Policy Highlights, Jonathon Granoff and John Burroughs, October 25, 2004 Appeal on the Operational Status of Nuclear Weapons: Statement of Endorsement, Model U.N. Resolution, October 13, 2004 The Global Threat of Nuclear Weapons, John Burroughs, Peace Messenger Cities Assembly, September 10, 2004 International Ju-Jitsu: Using Security Council Resolution 1540 to Advance Nuclear Disarmament pdf, Alyn Ware, July 2004 Security Council Resolution 1540, NGO Information and Resources, hosted by Reaching Critical Will. The Nuclear Threat: Basics and New Trends pdf, John Burroughs, June 25, 2004, Barcelona Forum 2004 The Shameful U.S. Record in UN Disarmament Votes, December 9, 2003 Nuclear Weapons and Preventive War, Peter Weiss, November 2, 2003 Global Security Treaties: Strengthening the Rule of Law, UN briefing, John Burroughs, October 30, 2003 Legality of Interception of WMD Shipments (pdf), Sue Yang, October 2003 Global Disarmament Starts at Home, talking points, August 2003 Arms Control Abandoned: The Case of Biological Weapons (pdf), Nicole Deller and John Burroughs, World Policy Journal, summer 2003 2002 Nuclear Posture Review: Strategic and Legal Ramifications, Charles J. Moxley Jr., April 16, 2002 North Korea: Nonproliferation Treaty Applies to Both North Korea and the United States, John Burroughs, spring 2003 Compliance Assessment of North Korean and U.S. Obligations Under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and 1994 Agreed Framework briefing paper by IEER and LCNP, January 24, 2003 ABM Treaty Lawsuit: The ABM Treaty Lawsuit - includes pleadings, hearing transcript, decision, press releases, and news articles Memorandum Opinion, U.S. District Court, December 30, 2002 (pdf) Press Release on U.S. District Court Decision, January 1, 2003 pdf-file Features on September 11, 2001: Op-ed in The Washington Times: A call to arms control by Jim Wurst War: Metaphor into Reality by Peter Weiss Terrorism and Nuclear Disarmament by Alyn Ware UN Resolutions re: September 11, 2001
with explanatory comments by John Burroughs Featured Materials: NGO Farewell Reception for Jayantha Dhanapala, remarks by Mr. Dhanapala, May 13, 2003 Inciting Impediments: The Harm of U.S. Nuclear Policies to Prospects for Peace in India and Pakistan by Elizabeth Shafer, J.D., August 2002 International Law, Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction by Jayantha Dhanapala - speech given at American Bar Association Spring Meeting 2002 Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, and the Rule of Law by Jayantha Dhanapala - speech given at the 20th Anniversary reception of LCNP, November 27, 2001 The President, the Constitution and the ABM Treaty by Peter Weiss The New Agenda Initiative: An Analysis by Jim Wurst and John Burroughs Ending the Nuclear Nightmare: A Strategy for the Bush
Administration by Jim Wurst and John Burroughs Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones: Crucial Steps Towards a Nuclear-Free World a press release "Reducing the Role of Nuclear Weapons in Security Doctrines": Nuclear Beginnings and Endings talk at the UN by John Burroughs The Rule of Law (Letter to the New York Times) Missile Shield: A National Priority? (Letter to the New York Times) US Must Keep its Word on Nuclear Weapons--op-ed by Peter Weiss Federal Constitutional Act concerning a Nuclear-free Austria, adopted July 1, 1999:
"If the militarily most powerful - and least threatened - states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that are truly insecure? The present nuclear policy is a recipe for proliferation. It is a policy for disaster." Josef Rotblat |
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