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9789810247737

Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century

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  • Copyright: 2001-10-01
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Proceedings of the 49th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, held September 7-13, 1999 in Rustenburg, South Africa. Covers a broad range of issues.

Table of Contents

Members of the Conference 1(10)
Programme of the Conference 11(2)
Working Group Topics and Sub-Topics 13(1)
Members of Working Groups 14(5)
Part I. Statements and Reports from the Conference
Statement of the Pugwash Council
19(8)
Report on Working Group 1 A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
27(3)
Report on Working Group 2 Emerging Security Threats: Africa and Globally
30(4)
Report on Working Group 3 Development
34(5)
Report on Working Group 4 The Environment
39(6)
Report on Working Group 5 International Governance
45(6)
Part II. Proceedings of the Plenary Sessions
Proceedings of the Opening Plenary Session
51(24)
Welcoming Address
53(2)
Messages of Greeting
55(3)
Response by President of Pugwash
58(1)
Tributes to Deceased Pugwashites
59(2)
Dr. Martin Kaplan
Address by the Secretary-General
61(5)
Introduction of Dr. Waldo Stumpf
66(1)
Sir Joseph Rotblat
Keynote Address: South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Programme: From Deterrence to Dismantlement
67(8)
Dr. Waldo Stumpf
Proceedings of the Second Plenary Session Security in Africa
75(12)
The African Renaissance
77(5)
Ambassador Moushira Mahmoud Khattab
The Security Context in Southern Africa and Beyond
82(5)
Dr. Jakkie Cilliers
Proceedings of the Special Plenary Session
87(2)
The Situation in East Timor
Proceedings of the Third Plenary Session
89(10)
Science and Technology in South Africa
Science and Technology in South Africa
91(3)
Mr Jacob Zuma
Development through Science
94(5)
Dr. B. S. Ngubane
Proceedings of the Fourth Plenary Session
99(18)
Light Weapons and Conflict in Africa
Introductory Address
101(1)
Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell
Light Weapons and Conflict in Africa
102(4)
Mr. Jackie Selebi
Light Weapons and Conflict in Africa
106(3)
Dr. Martinho Chachiua
Light Weapons and Conflict in Africa
109(3)
Lt. Col. Jacob Kamenju
Light Weapons and Conflict in Africa
112(5)
Dr. Peter Lock
Proceedings of the Fifth Plenary Session
117(2)
Presentation and Discussion of Working Group Reports
Proceedings of the Closing Plenary Session
119(18)
Sovereignty and Intervention: International Perspectives
Sovereignty and Intervention: International Perspectives
121(4)
Dr. Alexander Nikitin
Sovereignty and Intervention: International Perspectives
125(3)
Commodore Jasjit Singh
Sovereignty and Intervention: International Perspectives
128(3)
Professor George Rathjens
Cooperative Governance, Partnership and Sovereignty in a Future Democratic Society
131(6)
Mr. Derek Powell
Presidential Address
137(332)
Sir Michael Atiyah
Part III. Papers Submitted to the Conference
Working Group 1
A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
Nuclear Disarmament: A Lost Cause?
145(6)
Bart van der Sijde
A Road to Nuclear Disarmament
151(8)
Bart van der Sijde
Karel Koster
Movements Towards Comprehensive Nuclear Disarmament
159(4)
Liu Gongliang
Verifying the Transition from Low Levels of Nuclear Weapons to a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
163(8)
Tom Milne
Indian Nuclear Doctrine
171(9)
Jasjit Singh
A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Taiwan Strait
180(3)
Shu Yuan Hsieh
Rationale for North Korea's Development of a Nuclear Programme
183(2)
Young Hoon Kang
Development of Theatre Missile Defence and its Effect on International Stability and Arms Control
185(2)
Liu Min
The Risk of the Misuse of Highly-Enriched Uranium (HEU) by Terrorists
187(10)
Francesco Calogero
Giancarlo Tenaglia
Yet Another Lesson to be Learned from the NATO-Yugoslav War
197(4)
Jozef Goldblat
Working Group 2
Emerging Security Threats: Africa and Globally
Comprehensive Measures to Reduce Illicit Small Arms Availability
201(14)
Peter Lock
Economic Analysis of the Arms Trade and Arms Production
215(3)
Jean-Paul Hebert
Trends in Terrorism
218(6)
Tara Kartha
Organized Crime as a New Threat to Societies in Transition
224(8)
Ulrich Albrecht
Strategic Impact of Transnational Crime
232(6)
Jasjit Singh
Weapons of Mass Destruction, Doctrines for Their Use, and the Threat from Terrorism
238(8)
Jorma Miettinen
Approaching the Threshold: Conflict, Ingenuity and Environmental Degradation in Malawi
246(7)
Diana Cammack
Globalization---Migration---International Partnership
253(9)
Annemarie Dupre
Illicit Arms Trade in the Greater Horn of Africa and its Impact on Development
262(4)
Jacob Kamenju
Security as an Issue when Addressing the Refugee Crisis in Africa
266(3)
Lucy Mulli
Firearms Proliferation and Violent Crime in Malawi
269(3)
Undule Mwakasungura
Endless Night: Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Angola
272(4)
Hussein Solomon
Elimination of Anti-Personnel Landmines: The Agenda for the 21st Century
276(9)
Lynne Hopkins
Martin Kaplan
Demining: A Challenge to Science and Technology and to International Solidarity
285(8)
Vladimir Knapp
Working Group 3
Development
Beyond Aid: Cooperative Approaches to Achieve Effective International Programmes for Poverty Alleviation
293(20)
Morris Miller
Nationality and Citizenship in a Globalized World
313(2)
Hugo Estrella Tampieri
Science in the Process of Globalization
315(2)
Stefan Luby
Information Technology in Development Situations
317(2)
Paul Guinnessy
South Africa as Leader of the Non-Aligned Movement-Some Issues from Sri Lanka
319(3)
D. Lucius O. Mendis
The Integral Plan of Economic Development for the Tehuantepec Isthmus. Mexico: Some Facts Behind the Mask of Progress
322(3)
Tannia Falconer
The Microtron MT-25 Regional Laboratory Project: An Effort in Cooperation for Development
325(4)
Maria Elena Montero-Cabrera
Working Group 4
The Environment
Conflict and Cooperation Over Fresh Water
329(10)
Peter Gleick
Water Supply and Demand: A Tentative Inventory
339(7)
Andre Mechelynck
Water Resources and Survival: A Look at Pastoral Livelihood
346(4)
Peter Otim
War Over Water---The Case of the Ilisu Dam Project in Turkey
350(3)
Carsten Rohr
Water and Social Stability: The Southern African Dilemma
353(10)
Anthony Turton
City Environmental Profile as a Basis for Programmes of Urban Sustainable Development
363(8)
Alexander Ginzburg
Veronica Ginzburg
The View of the Environment from a Student Pugwashite
371(2)
Eva-Jane Haden
Sustainability and Development Patterns in the South Under Global Change and Market
373(5)
Luiz Pinguelli Rosa
Avoiding an Epidemic in Santiago
378(4)
Catterina Ferreccio
Large Dams, Sustainable Livelihoods and the Use of Oral Histories: The Case of Cahora Bassa
382(15)
Alan Isaacman
Water and Hunger in Africa
397(3)
Aharon Zohar
To Whale Or Not to Whale: Is that the Question?
400(5)
Brendon Goneratne
Working Group 5
International Governance
A World Free From War
405(2)
John Avery
The Present Plans to Restructure the Security Council of the United Nations
407(5)
Bengt Broms
Reforming the United Nations
412(4)
Joseph Rotblat
International Governance
416(2)
Goran von Bonsdorff
The Resort to Military Force, International Law, and the Just War Tradition
418(3)
Micheline Egge Grung
United Nations: Manager of International Peace and Security or a Silent Spectator?
421(9)
Jasjit Singh
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: The Challenge of Change
430(6)
Jasjit Singh
UN Reform and Civil Disobedience
436(5)
Ivo Slaus
Some Aspects of the Governance Question in South America
441(6)
Mariano Egana
Walter Scheuer
Information Technologies and International Governance: Possibilities and Problems
447(3)
Anna Moden
Good Governance in an African Perspective: An Inquiry into Actors and Actions
450(6)
Bas de Gaay Fortman
Community Participation A Sine Qua Non for An Effective Anti-Corruption Strategy: Youth Partnership Focus
456(13)
Nceba Gomomo
Abbreviations and Acronyms 469(2)
Author Index 471

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