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The Acronym Institute for Disarmament DiplomacyThe Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy has been working since 1995 to promote effective approaches to international security, disarmament and arms control. Engaging with governments and civil society, Acronym provides reporting, analysis and strategic thinking on a range of issues relevant to peace and security, with special emphasis on treaties and multilateral initiatives. The Acronym Institute publishes the journal Disarmament Diplomacy, with comprehensive overview of news, events and documentation relating to disarmament negotiations and developments in proliferation. Founding Director & Editor: Dr Rebecca Johnson
rej@acronym.org.uk The Acronym Institute is grateful to the Ford Foundation, the Ploughshares Fund, and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust for their enabling support of our work and publications, including this website. HighlightsNPT Preparatory Committee meeting, May 2009Latest analysis from Rebecca Johnson
PrepCom Chair's Recommendations (Drafts)
For further coverage go to Acronym's NPT page. Proliferation in Parliament, Spring 2009Latest developments and debate from the UK Parliament. Spring 2009
North Korea's Nuclear Test and the CTBT, 25 May 2009North Korea is undermining international security with its high risk nuclear brinkmanship. In conducting its nuclear test, North Korea is playing a high risk game of nuclear brinkmanship that underscores the global urgency of bringing the CTBT into force. North Korea probably hopes to put pressure on the Obama administration and the Six Party Talks, and increase the price of its denuclearisation as required by the UN Security Council. This test demonstrates the need to make the global prohibition on nuclear testing fully binding in international law. Condemnation is not enough: the US and China have particular responsibility and must accelerate their own efforts to ratify the CTBT. 180 states have signed the CTBT and 148 have ratified, including Britain, France and Russia. The treaty cannot enter into force until 9 specified states ratify, including China and the US. For further background on North Korea, go to Acronym's North Korea page. Unfinished Business: the Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing, by Dr Rebecca Johnson
For more on CTBT go to Acronym's CTBT page. Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.90, Spring 2009
Carnegie Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference, April 2009Acronym Institute Executive Director Dr Rebecca Johnson was part of a plenary panel on International Expectations of the Obama Administration, chaired by Naila Bolus of the Ploughshares Fund. Transcripts, video and audio recordings of the panel are available from the CEIP website at: President Obama speech on Nuclear Disarmament, 5 April 2009President Obama has reaffirmed his commitment to a world without nuclear weapons. Obama said that the US would lead the endeavour to eliminate nuclear weapons, saying that as the only country to have used a nuclear weapon, it had a 'moral responsibility' to act.
NATO Summit, Strasbourg-Kehl, 3 - 4 April 2009Acronym coverage of the summit:
Nuclear Non-Proliferation News, February 2009This month's edition of Nuclear Non-Proliferation News includes information on: British News
International News
Previous editions of Nuclear Non-Proliferation News are available at: www.acronym.org.uk/news. UN First Committee and General Assembly, 63rd Sessions, September - December 2008
Full analysis of the 63rd UN First Committee will be published in Disarmament Diplomacy No. 89, early in 2009. Acronym Institute director Rebecca Johnson attended the UN First Committee in New York. For week-by-week reporting and analysis on the First Committee, see the First Committee Monitor, produced by Reaching Critical Will and supported by Acronym Institute and other NGOs:
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