Global non-proliferation and counter-terrorism : the impact of UNSCR 1540

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Global non-proliferation and counter-terrorism : the impact of UNSCR 1540

Olivia Bosch and Peter van Ham, editors

Clingendael Institute , Chatham House , Brookings Institution Press, c2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Global non-proliferation and counter-terrorism : the role of resolution 1540 and its implications / Peter van Ham and Olivia Bosch
  • The UN's counter-terrorism efforts : lessons for UNSCR 1540 / Thomas J. Biersteker
  • UNSCR 1540 and the scientific community as a non-state actor / Elizabeth M. Prescott
  • Motivations and means : scientists in apartheid South Africa's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and relevance for UNSCR 1540 / Sarah Meek and Chandré Gould
  • Restricting non-state actors' access to chemical weapons and related materials : implications for UNSCR 1540 / Ron G. Manley
  • UNSCR 1540 and the role of the IAEA / Tariq Rauf and Jan Lodding
  • The biological weapons convention and UNSCR 1540 / Angela Woodward
  • UNSCR 1540 and "means of delivery" / Ted Whiteside
  • Industry codes of conduct / Jeffrey Almond
  • New border and customs controls for implementing UNCHR 1540 / Will Robinson
  • The proliferation security initiative and counter-proliferation : a view from Asia / Siew Gay Ong
  • Law enforcement and the prevention of bioterrorism : its impact on the U.S. research community / Gerald L. Epstein
  • Prosecuting violations of non-proliferation legislation / Roelof Jan Manschot
  • UNSCR 1540 : its future and its contribution to global non-proliferation and counter-terrorism / Olivia Bosch and Peter van Ham

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Adopted in April 2004, UN Security Council Resolution 1540 obliges all states to take steps to prevent non-state actors, especially terrorist organizations and arms traffickers, from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and related materials. The United Nations placed itself firmly in the center of one of the world's key international security challenges. Global Non-Proliferation and Counter-Terrorism brings together renowned scholars and policymakers to examine a wide range of new policy-related questions arising from the resolution's impact on the bio-scientific community, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the IAEA, trade and customs, and counter-proliferation initiatives such as the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The impact of 1540 goes beyond setting new legal requirements. It focuses on enforcement not only nationally but also internationally, pressing all states to place their own houses in order. Among the key questions is how the resolution will change the existing network of non-proliferation regimes. Will it merely reinforce requirements of the existing non-proliferation treaties? Or will it offer a legal framework for counter-proliferation activities and other measures to enforce the non-proliferation network? This book provides an overview of the novel policy questions UNSCR 1540's future implementation and enforcement will offer for years to come. Contributors include Jeffrey Almond, Thomas J. Biersteker (Brown University), Olivia Bosch (Chatham House), Gerald Epstein (CSIS), Chandre Gould (Center for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town )], Ron Manley (former OPCW Director of Verification) Sarah Meek (ISS), Siew Gay Ong (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore), Elizabeth Prescott (AAAS Congressional Fellow), Tariq Rauf (IAEA), Will Robinson (World Customs Organization), Roelof Jan Manschot (Eurojust), Peter van Ham (Netherlands Institute of International Relations), Ted Whiteside (NATO), and Angela Woodward (VERTIC).

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