Non Nuclear Powers And The Geneva Conference On Disarmament

Study of the arms control diplomacy of non-nuclear lesser states, as willing but seldom welcomed third parties to the Soviet-American bilateral dialogue at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, the only formal multilateral arms control negotiating forum whose membership includes, in addition to the 5 nuclear powers, important non-nuclear states from among the neutral and Third World non-aligned as well as the major Eastern and Western alliances. The study examines the setting at Geneva, the "norm creation" functions of the Conference on Disarmament, and arms control issues.

UNIDIR/91/68

In this volume, Rhinelander and Scheinman examine the history of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, its effectiveness in controlling weapons proliferation, and what a possible extension of the treaty will mean for the U.S. and the rest of the world. The book also includes essays on the language of the treaty and how well the nuclear superpowers have complied with it as well as look at what effect the NPT has had on nuclear testing. Copublished with the Lawyers Alliance for World Security.