Can there be peace alongside nuclear weapons? Disarmament and development are closely related and this is a large issue facing international development. Reducing the expenditure of military weapons can bring about development of other activities including eradicating poverty and promoting economic change.
Disarmament plea New Zealand cannot afford to be complacent or rest on its laurels over the threats posed by nuclear weapons, disarmament campaigner Kate Dewes says.Dr Dewes gave a seminar on Friday (14/9/2012) at the University of Otago Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, on her work over
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Libyans heed call to hand over weapons (Sep 30, 2012)Hundreds of Libyans converged on Saturday (29/9/2012-local time) on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicl
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This article was written by Alyn Ware at the Peace Foundation in New Zealand – and challenges us to consider the links between military spending and poverty. For the original blog post go to: http://www.globalpovertyproject.com/blog/view/403
“Every gun that is made, every warship la
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On 12 June the UN Secretary-General announced the release of 100 Reasons to Disarm, which would be distributed by email, twitter, face-book, my-space, text and person-person.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to mark the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Pe
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This link provides access to the third edition of Global Guide to Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education.
It is intended as a background document for the June 2003 interagency meeting on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Education at the United Nations. It is also
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Schools Demining Schools brought schools together around the issue of landmines. After learning about the topic, schools ran their own fundraising drives to raise money to clear school grounds of mines. Students could follow the results of their actions through email exchanges with the demining team
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