TY - BOOK ID - 724105 TI - Dismantlement and destruction of chemical, nuclear and conventional weapons : proceedings of a Nato Advanced Research Workshop ... held in Bonn, Germany, 19-21 May 1996 AU - Turtle Schulte, Nancy AU - NATO Advanced Study Institutes AU - Dismantlement and destruction of chemical, nuclear and conventional weapons AU - Kluwer Academic Publishers PY - 1997 VL - 10 SN - 0792344707 9048148170 940171276X DB - UniCat KW - chemische wapens KW - ontwapening KW - kernwapens KW - Polemology KW - biologische wapens KW - Disarmament KW - Congresses KW - Arsenals KW - Waste disposal KW - Political science. KW - International relations. KW - Environmental management. KW - Social sciences. KW - Business. KW - Management science. KW - Environment. KW - Political Science. KW - International Relations. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Social Sciences, general. KW - Business and Management, general. KW - Environment, general. KW - Quantitative business analysis KW - Management KW - Problem solving KW - Operations research KW - Statistical decision KW - Trade KW - Economics KW - Commerce KW - Industrial management KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:724105 AB - The end ofthe Cold War opened unprecedented opportunities for reductions in weapons of mass destruction. With these opportunities came new challenges, both scientific and political. Traditionally approached by different groups, the scientific, technical and political challenges are inextricably intertwined. Agreements to dismantle and destroy chemical, nuclear and conventional weapons, after having been negotiated via diplomatic channels, require the expertise of scientists associated with their development to determine the safest and most environmentally sound methods of destruction. It is in this context that representatives from sixteen countries and five international organizations were convened jointly by NATO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany and the State Government of North Rhine Westphalia 19-21 May, 1996 in a meeting near Bonn to take stock of worldwide efforts to destroy and dismantle chemical, nuclear and conventional weapons remaining after the end ofthe Cold War. NATO support was provided under the auspices of the NATO Science Committee's Panel on Disarmament Technologies. The conference brought together the major actors involved in the dismantlement and destruction of chemical, nuclear and conventional weapons, highlighted the substantial accomplishments achieved in this area and pinpointed the remaining technical obstacles still to be overcome. It also underlined the critical importance of transparency, data exchange and verification as indispensable preconditions for disarmament and cooperative security. ER -