Implementing The Comprehensive Test Ban: New Aspects of Definition, Organization and Verification (Sipri Research Reports): 8 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198291876 ISBN 13: 9780198291879

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1994

Synopsis

This report provides up-to-date information on the four main technical issues which will present the greatest challenges to the implementation of the comprehensive test ban treaty being negotiated at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament: formulating an appropriate definition of the term nuclear test; creating the organization for effective implementation; verifying compliance with the treaty's provisions; and implications of the treaty's prohibition on preparations for testing, whether that prohibition is made explicit or remains implicit. The report is written in such a way that it offers important background to the non-specialist while providing timely guidance to policy-makers and others involved in the public debate of these issues. It is designed to support prompt completion of the treaty by suggesting ways in which disputes over contentious issues can be resolved speedily.

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Review

The authors are firm proponents of a comprehensive nuclear test ban. A brief but competent survey of issues pertaining to the monitoring of such a treaty. (Foreign Affairs)

Synopsis

The authors report on new aspects of the definition, organization, and verification of a Comprehensive Test Ban. The traditional debate on seismic and non-seismic monitoring is examined alongside newer aspects of treaty verification - pre-test monitoring and inspections. Contributors: Eric Arnett, Patricia Lewis, Annette Schaper.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198291876
• ISBN 13: 9780198291879
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Arnett Eric