Fast Track to Zero Nuclear Weapons



by Robert Green Image


CONTENTS


List of figures
Acknowledgements
About the Middle Powers Initiative
Foreword

Overview

CHAPTER 1. BACKGROUND: POST-COLD WAR HOPES DENIED

CHAPTER 2. THE DEEPENING CRISIS
Nuclear Tests by India and Pakistan
Nuclear Disarmament Stalled
Insecure Nuclear Weapon Materials and Nuclear Terrorism
Growing Risk of Accidental Nuclear War
The "Millennium/Y2K" Computer Problem and Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapon States Undermining the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
The Non-Proliferation Treaty in Jeopardy
Nuclear Weapon States Flouting the World Court
Nuclear Weapon States Ignoring Public Opinion


CHAPTER 3. WARNINGS AND CALLS FOR ACTION
Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
US National Academy of Sciences
Generals' & Admirals' Statements
Civilian Leaders' Statement


CHAPTER 4. LEADERSHIP FROM THE NEW AGENDA COALITION
Commitment to Multilateral Negotiations
De-Alerting
Ending Deployment of Non-Strategic Weapons
No-First-Use
Reinforcing Steps
Supporting the UN Resolution for a Nuclear Weapons Convention


CHAPTER 5. THE MIDDLE POWERS INITIATIVE
Supporting the New Agenda Coalition
The Heart of the Issue
The Need for Urgency  


CHAPTER 6. PROGRESS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1998
The NAC's 1998 UN General Assembly Resolution
NATO Summit Opens Door to Nuclear Policy Review
The May 1999 NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting


CHAPTER 7. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A: SOME CLAIMS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS REBUTTED

APPENDIX B: THE NAKED NUCLEAR EMPEROR

ENDNOTES



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