Mois : mars 2010

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI

a top global think thank

SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. (Homepage).

Organization; Research; Vacancies; Left column: Links to recent Publications, Subjetcs, Series; Publications; Newsletter; Databases; Blogs;
Address: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Signalistgatan 9, SE-169 70 Solna, Sweden;
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Canadian Pugwash Group CPG

more than 50 years of working for peace and security

The purpose of the Pugwash Conferences is to provide scholarly insights into the prevention and resolution of armed conflict, including nuclear abolition and nuclear and conventional disarmament, control of the arms trade, the peaceful resolution of ethnic and other disputes within and among states, and to contribute to the solutions for socioeconomic and environmental threats to human security.
Nuclear disarmament is and has always been of central importance to Pugwash.  Canadian Pugwash participates annually in the international conference, and on the Pugwash Council. (Nuclear Disarmament).

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Global Security Issues; Corr with Gov; Member Articles; Links; Donate;
Address: Canadian Pugwash Group, ATTN: Adele Buckley, 6 Tepee Court, Toronto, ON, M2J 3A9, Canada;
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About: We are the national affiliate of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, an international organization, awarded the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize, together with its founder Sir Joseph Rotblat.  Continuer la lecture de « Canadian Pugwash Group CPG »

Science for Peace.ca

peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding (Albert Einstein).

Welcome: Science for Peace is a Canadian organization consisting of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, scholars in the humanities and people from the wider community. We seek to understand and act against the forces that make for militarism, environmental destruction, and social injustice here and abroad. Membership in Science for Peace offers one avenue to influence wider society about these crucial problems … (full text Homepage).

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Events: coming, past; Brochure; Newsletter; Links; Donate;
Address: Science for Peace.ca, A306 University College, 15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H7, Canada;
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What we do: Conferences, forums, and seminars … Working Groups and Projects, Day to day research, information dissemination and public outreach of Science for Peace occurs through its Working Groups and through specific Projects. Continuer la lecture de « Science for Peace.ca »

Reaching Critical Will

Linked on our blogs with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF.

  • Reaching Critical Will strives for the abolition of nuclear weapons. As a project of the oldest women’s peace organisation in the world, RCW recognises that nuclear weapons play an integral role in the militarism, ecological destruction, and social injustice plauging our world today. Therefore, RCW works not just for nuclear abolition but also for total and universal disarmament, the reduction of global military spending, and demilitarisation of politics and society.
  • Disarmament cannot be for the sake of disarmament itself. It must be for the promotion of true human security and all life on the planet. To advocate successfully for nuclear disarmament and human security, civil society needs to establish a discourse that helps us to understand the relationship between nuclear weapons and the structures that maintain them and to identify those who benefit from the maintenance of nuclear weapons. Reaching Critical Will seeks to help this discourse … (about 1/2).

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Staff, Interns; News; Action; Critical Issues; Treaties;
Address: Reaching Critical Will, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF, UN Office, 777 UN Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10017, USA;
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Citizen Soldier

prepared to challenge U.S. militarism in the new Millenium

CITIZEN SOLDIER’s strategy for change works! But to accomplish our goals, we need your help. Individual givers provide 85% of our budget; your tax-deductible contribution makes a difference.

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Resources: how help; pdf-Broschure; Working Class War; Ongoing work; Free downloads;
Address: Citizen Soldier, 267 Fifth Ave., #901, New York N Y 10016, USA;
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Depleted Uranium …
1.Why did the US military develop shells armed with depleted uranium (DU) and did they fully investigate potential health hazards from these weapons? Continuer la lecture de « Citizen Soldier »