Banning Landmines
Banning Landmines

Author: Jody Williams

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2008-03-20

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0742571173

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Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy, and Human Security looks at accomplishments and setbacks in the crucial first decade of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. The first half of the book considers the implementation of the prohibitions and humanitarian assistance provisions of the treaty, as well as efforts to promote universal acceptance of the treaty among governments and non-state armed groups. The second half of this book considers the impact of the landmine movement on other issues (such as cluster munitions and disability rights), as well as the extent to which it has contributed to the field of human security. Edited by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams and two other long-time leaders of the mine ban movement, Stephen Goose and Mary Wareham, Banning Landmines features contributions by grassroots activists, diplomatic negotiators, mine survivors, arms experts, and human rights defenders. This diverse group of writers at the forefront of the landmine ban movement is well placed to provide insights into this remarkable process, its precedents, and implications for other work and issues.

Small Arms Survey 2008
Small Arms Survey 2008

Author: Small Arms Survey

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-07-31

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0521880408

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The Small Arms Survey 2008 examines the problem of diversion and analyses the public health approach to armed violence.

Thinking Outside the Box in Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations
Thinking Outside the Box in Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations

Author: John Borrie

Publisher: United Nations Publications UNIDIR

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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Success in multilateral disarmament and arms control negotiations has been scarce in recent years. There is need for new approaches--to "think outside the box"--in order to make them work better because continued failure has real human costs. This volume offers new practical tools and perspectives to inform and help the ongoing efforts of multilateral disarmament practitioners, drawing from a range of contributors in civil society, diplomacy, and the policy and research fields. Publishing Agency: United Nations (UN).

The State of the World's Children 2006
The State of the World's Children 2006

Author: UNICEF.

Publisher: U N I C E F (United Nations Children's Fund)

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9789280639162

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The 2006 edition of UNICEF's annual report focuses on the millions of children who are most in need of access to essential education, health and protection services, but who are also the hardest to reach and often overlooked by current development programmes. These include children living in the poorest countries and most deprived communities within countries, children who face discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity or disability, children caught up in armed conflicts or affected by HIV/AIDS, children who lack a formal identity and who suffer from abuse and exploitation. The report examines the factors which result in their exclusion from current child development programmes and services, and highlights the policy options and actions required to address these challenges, in order to ensure all children benefit from the progress being made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Topics discussed include: income disparities and child survival, the marginalisation of Roma communities and their children, disability issues, children and HIV/AIDS, children living on the streets, early marriages, child labour, child protection and child rights.