| Introduction | |
| Table of contents | |
| Preface | |
| Verification past, present and future. Broadening the process / H. J. van der Graaf | 3 |
| Nuclear Disarmament Verification / A. DeVolpi | 11 |
| Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention / J. Gee | 22 |
| Verification of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - a Seismological Overview / P. G. Richards | 28 |
| Activities of the CD Group of Scientific Experts - concepts for a global system for CTBT Monitoring / U. Kradolfer | 37 |
| Transparency in Armaments as a confidence building measure / M. Zahran | 41 |
| Conditions for constraining Military R&D / W. A. Smit | 46 |
| Verification of environmental agreements / J. Lanchbery | 57 |
| Verification of Nuclear-Weapon-free World Treaty / J. Rotblat | 64 |
| Monitoring Non-Proliferation: verification in context / E. Arnett | 71 |
| Ukrainian attitude towards nuclear weapons dismantlement and Ukraine's accession to NPT / V. Demianenko | 74 |
| Fissile material from nuclear weapons to launch the thorium cycle / A. Lecocq, K. Furukawa | 76 |
| Plutonium disposal problems / A. Mechelynck | 82 |
| Inhibiting nuclear arms in non-nuclear states / Pr. Shah | 87 |
| Constraining potential nuclear-weapons proliferation from civilian reactors / A. Travelli, L. L. Gaines, V. Minkov, A. P. Olson, J. Snelgrove | 92 |
| Cooperative threat reduction of weapons of mass destruction / M. K. Evenson | 98 |
| Nuclear Disarmament Assistance / W. Drautz | 104 |
| The CWC and the Preparatory Commission / S. Gizowski | 111 |
| Verification under the Chemical Weapons Convention: Some remarks on the work in the Preparatory Commission / R. Trapp | 116 |
| Swedish preparations for the implementation of the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons / A. M. Lau | 121 |
| National implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention: an Australian approach / P. Cole | 124 |
| Destruction of chemical warfare agents, chemical munitions and chemical production facilities: relevant UNSCOM experiences / B. C. Barras | 129 |
| The profile of an OPCW Inspector / T. Stock | 135 |
| Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Inspection equipment required - what is on the shelf? what needs to be developed and within which time horizon? / H. Staub | 143 |
| Designation of OPCW laboratories - what could be the requirements and procedures? / M. Rautio | 148 |
| Lessons from Southern African investigations into alleged use of chemical warfare / B. J. Davey | 152 |
| Industry, Science and the CWC: challenges of implementation / K. Olson | 158 |
| The chemical industry and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons / D. Mannig | 162 |
| Confidence-building information from the parties to the Biological Weapons Convention / E. Geissler | 171 |
| Implications for the BWC of the monitoring by WHO, FAO and OIE of epidemics and epizootics / J. Woodall | 178 |
| A short comparison between PUGWASH SIPRI and VEREX BWC verification approaches for possible verification of a Biological Weapon Convention / S. J. Lundin, C. G. Heden, M. Kaplan | 184 |
| Could inspection verification measures be acceptable by biotechnology industry ? / P. Binder | 191 |
| Evaluation of efficiency of verification methods for the BWC / A. Bovallius, R. Roffey | 203 |
| Enhancing international confidence in compliance with the BWC / G. S. Pearson | 211 |
| The role of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Investigation of alleged violations of the 1925 Geneva Protocol / E. Ezz | 218 |
| Verifying limits on Research and Development Case studies: beam weapons, electromagnetic guns / J. Altmann | 225 |
| Verifying R+D Limitations - Relevance for preventive arms control and nuclear non-proliferation / W. Liebert | 234 |
| From classic arms control to preventive diplomacy: challenges for the CSCE forum for security cooperation / A. Kobieracki | 245 |
| Verification of Conventional Force Reductions: first experiences / H. Kluss | 249 |
| Fundamentals and United States interest in the treaty on Open Skies / B. D. Jenkins | 253 |
| Case study: Monitoring of arms stores using sensors / H. Schutte | 258 |
| What can one learn from Open Skies Radar data and from radar images of the ERS-1 satellite in the verification context / D. Hounam | 262 |
| Use of radar to enhance verification from space / B. Jasani | 270 |
| Intermediate-range sensors for verification and UN peace-keeping / J. Altmann | 280 |
| The international arms trade / A. Mechelynck, A. Jaumotte | 288 |
| The agenda for peace, how to implement it ? / H. J. van der Graaf | 297 |
| Experiences with CSCE monitoring in the former yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / G. Blais | 302 |
| Keeping watch for peace: Fact-finding by the UN Secretary-General / A. W. Dorn | 308 |
| CSCE monitoring activities in former soviet union / A. Cima | 318 |
| Monitoring the world to detect the crisis / J. C. Crouinaux | 325 |
| UN-peace keeping in Cambodia / P. C. Cammaert | 330 |
| Monitoring and conflict management: the experience of the CSCE in the former Yugoslavia / E. Remacle | 335 |
| List of Abbreviations | A |
| List of registered participants | E |