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Nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, fissile material, FMCT, Conference on Disarmament, United Nations
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Mots-clé
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Nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, fissile material, FMCT, Conference on Disarmament, United Nations
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Mots-clé
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Nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, fissile material, FMCT, Conference on Disarmament, United Nations
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Mots-clé
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Nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, fissile material, FMCT, Conference on Disarmament, United Nations
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Description succincte
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A mandate to negotiate a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons has been under discussion in the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva since 1994. Agreement on a mandate to negotiate such a treaty—sometimes called a “fissile material cut-off treaty” or FMCT—has proved elusive for a range of political reasons.On 29 May 2009 the Conference on Disarmament agreed a mandate to begin those negotiations. Shortly afterwards, UNIDIR, with the support of the Government of Switzerland, launched a project with two main objectives. The project sought to remind diplomats of the history of the CD’s treatment of the topic of banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. It also aimed to shed light on the critical issues at stake in the negotiation of a fissile material treaty.This UNIDIR publication is a compilation of various products of the project. It includes a briefing paper on the work of the CD on developing a mandate for the negotiation of a fissile material treaty, a list of relevant CD documents, a bibliography of relevant academic and other materials, and papers presented or drawn upon at three seminars convened by UNIDIR under the project.Fissile materials are those elements that “can sustain an explosive fission chain reaction” and “are essential in all nuclear explosives”, the most common being highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium.1 Since the early days of the Cold War, banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear devices has been a primary goal for advocates of nuclear disarmament. The end of the Cold War brought a renewed call for nuclear disarmament and for a ban on the production of fissile materials used in nuclear weapons.
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Description succincte
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A mandate to negotiate a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons has been under discussion in the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva since 1994. Agreement on a mandate to negotiate such a treaty—sometimes called a “fissile material cut-off treaty” or FMCT—has proved elusive for a range of political reasons.On 29 May 2009 the Conference on Disarmament agreed a mandate to begin those negotiations. Shortly afterwards, UNIDIR, with the support of the Government of Switzerland, launched a project with two main objectives. The project sought to remind diplomats of the history of the CD’s treatment of the topic of banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. It also aimed to shed light on the critical issues at stake in the negotiation of a fissile material treaty.This UNIDIR publication is a compilation of various products of the project. It includes a briefing paper on the work of the CD on developing a mandate for the negotiation of a fissile material treaty, a list of relevant CD documents, a bibliography of relevant academic and other materials, and papers presented or drawn upon at three seminars convened by UNIDIR under the project.Fissile materials are those elements that “can sustain an explosive fission chain reaction” and “are essential in all nuclear explosives”, the most common being highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium.1 Since the early days of the Cold War, banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear devices has been a primary goal for advocates of nuclear disarmament. The end of the Cold War brought a renewed call for nuclear disarmament and for a ban on the production of fissile materials used in nuclear weapons.
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Description succincte
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A mandate to negotiate a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons has been under discussion in the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva since 1994. Agreement on a mandate to negotiate such a treaty—sometimes called a “fissile material cut-off treaty” or FMCT—has proved elusive for a range of political reasons.On 29 May 2009 the Conference on Disarmament agreed a mandate to begin those negotiations. Shortly afterwards, UNIDIR, with the support of the Government of Switzerland, launched a project with two main objectives. The project sought to remind diplomats of the history of the CD’s treatment of the topic of banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. It also aimed to shed light on the critical issues at stake in the negotiation of a fissile material treaty.This UNIDIR publication is a compilation of various products of the project. It includes a briefing paper on the work of the CD on developing a mandate for the negotiation of a fissile material treaty, a list of relevant CD documents, a bibliography of relevant academic and other materials, and papers presented or drawn upon at three seminars convened by UNIDIR under the project.Fissile materials are those elements that “can sustain an explosive fission chain reaction” and “are essential in all nuclear explosives”, the most common being highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium.1 Since the early days of the Cold War, banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear devices has been a primary goal for advocates of nuclear disarmament. The end of the Cold War brought a renewed call for nuclear disarmament and for a ban on the production of fissile materials used in nuclear weapons.
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Description succincte
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A mandate to negotiate a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons has been under discussion in the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva since 1994. Agreement on a mandate to negotiate such a treaty—sometimes called a “fissile material cut-off treaty” or FMCT—has proved elusive for a range of political reasons.On 29 May 2009 the Conference on Disarmament agreed a mandate to begin those negotiations. Shortly afterwards, UNIDIR, with the support of the Government of Switzerland, launched a project with two main objectives. The project sought to remind diplomats of the history of the CD’s treatment of the topic of banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. It also aimed to shed light on the critical issues at stake in the negotiation of a fissile material treaty.This UNIDIR publication is a compilation of various products of the project. It includes a briefing paper on the work of the CD on developing a mandate for the negotiation of a fissile material treaty, a list of relevant CD documents, a bibliography of relevant academic and other materials, and papers presented or drawn upon at three seminars convened by UNIDIR under the project.Fissile materials are those elements that “can sustain an explosive fission chain reaction” and “are essential in all nuclear explosives”, the most common being highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium.1 Since the early days of the Cold War, banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear devices has been a primary goal for advocates of nuclear disarmament. The end of the Cold War brought a renewed call for nuclear disarmament and for a ban on the production of fissile materials used in nuclear weapons.
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Mandataire
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United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
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Budget imputé
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Directorate of Political Affairs
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Bases légales
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Artikel 170 der Bundesverfassung zur WirksamkeitsüberprüfungArticle 170 de la Constitution fédérale relatif à l’évaluation de l’efficacitéArticolo 170 della Costituzione federale sulla verifica dell‘efficaciaArticle 170 of the Swiss Federal Constitution on the evaluation of effectiveness
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Droits d'auteur
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Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities
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Renseignements
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Division for Security Policy
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