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ONLINE STUDY MATERIALS ON

PEACE, GLOBAL WARS, CONFLICTS AND SECURITY

Awareness and Capsule Course offered under the aegis of Asian Chapter

IAEWP’s ONLINE PEACE EDUCATION, RECONSTRUCTION, ACCORD, NON-VIOLENCE AND DISARMAMENT INITIATIVE (OPERANDI)

Board of Editors Dr. Priyaranjan Trivedi Dr. Uttam Kumar Singh

Dr. Markandey Rai Dr. Shyamnarayan Pandey Dr. Akshay Kumar Nayak

Online Peace Education, Reconstruction, Accord,

Non-Violence and Disarmament Initiative (OPERANDI) International Association of Educators for World Peace

NGO Affiliate of United Nations – ECOSOC, UNDPI Headquarters : Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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On l i ne Aw ar eness-cum-Capsu le Cou r se on

GLOBAL WARS, CONFLICTS AND SECURITY

CONTENTS

1. International Peace and Security 1

2. Timely Decisions in the Field of Military and Strategic Security 59

3. Preventing Conflicts 93

4. Preventing, Controlling and Resolving Conflict 110

5. The Cambodian Conflict: Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement 241

6. Aspects of the Central American Peace Process 263 7. General Overview of African Contemporary Political,

Military and Economic Affairs and their Relationship to Peace, Security, Disarmament and Confidence- Building among African States 281

8. Conflict Resolution, Crisis Prevention and Management and Confidence-Building in West Africa 303




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PEACE-KEEPING AND PEACE-MAKING








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CONTENTS

9. Peace-keeping 369

10. Soldiers of Peace 387

11. Peace-keeping is a Technique that Expands the Possibilities for both the Prevention of Conflict and the Making of Peace 391

12. UN Peace-keeping: Composition and Organisation 418

13. The Blue Helmets 451

14. Past Peace-keeping Operations 458

15. Current Peace-keeping Operations 468

16. Peace-Keeping and Arab-Israeli Conflict 484

17. Peace-making 627

18. Peace-Keeping and Disarmament in the Peace-Building Process 646

19. Peace Building: An Introduction 667

20. Peace Building: The Basic Political Agreement 671

21. Peace Building: Relief and Humanitarian Assistance in the Post-Conflict Context 675

22. Peace Building: Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration 687 23. Peace Building: Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Reconciliation 706

24. Human Rights Support for Peace-making, Peace-keeping and Peace-building Activities 714






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UNITED NATIONS PEACE BUILDING STRATEGY








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On l i ne Aw ar eness-cum-Capsu le Cou r se on UNITED NATIONS PEACE BUILDING STRATEGY

CONTENTS

25. United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation 753

26. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 757

27. United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission 761

28. Peace-Keeping and Indo-Pak Conflict 767

29. United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan 783

30. United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan 787

31. United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda 789

32. UN Observation Group in Lebanon 836

33. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 857

34. Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic 861 35. United Nations Mission in Haiti 874

36. United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia 905

37. Peace-Keeping in West New Guinea (West Irian) 928

38. United Nations Angola Verification Mission II 943

39. Peace-Keeping in Congo 971

40. United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador 1014

41. Peace-Keeping in Cyprus 1040

42. United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) 1080

43. United Nations Operation in Mozambique (Onumoz) 1087

44. United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia 1115

45. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara 1136

46. United Nations Operation in Somalia II 1150

47. United Nations Protection Force 1203




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GLOBAL PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS








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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

CONTENTS 48. “...beat their Swords into Plowshares” 1275

49. United Nations Member States as on January 2001 1277

50. Multifaceted Co-operation: A Post-Confrontational Perspective for the United Nations 1283

51. The Role of the United Nations in Disarmament 1297

52. The General Assembly 1306

53. The First Committee of the General Assembly 1318

54. Disarmament Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly at its Forty-Second Session 1342

55. Third Special Session of the General Assembly on Disarmament 1346

56. Resolutions of the General Assembly 1368

57. The Security Council 1385

58. A Way to Control Conflicts and Promote Peace 1395

59. High-Level Meeting of the Security Council: Note by the President of the Security Council on Behalf of the Members 1405

60. Achieving Peace and Security 1427

61. Supplement to an Agenda for Peace 1443

62. An Agenda for Peace 1472

63. Comprehensive Review of the Whole Question of Peace-keeping Operations in All Their Aspects 1500

64. International Law 1514 65. Renewing the United Nations 1527 66. Address to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, 1 July 1996 1537 67. Millennium Documents 1542





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TECHNICAL, COLLECTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO

GLOBAL SECURITY








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On l i ne Aw ar eness-cum-Capsu le Cou r se on TECHNICAL, COLLECTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE

APPROACH TO GLOBAL SECURITY

CONTENTS

68. Global Security: Concepts, Problems, Threats and Prospects 1563 69. Towards Global Security 1580 70. Defining “Global Security” 1591 71. Problems and Threats in International Security 1608 72. Pugwash Symposium on Scientific and Technological

Aspects of Development of New Weapons, Verification Issues and Global Security 1618

73. New Technologies and the Search for Security: Prospects for a Post-Cold-War Era 1725

74. Measures to Promote International Peace and Security 1757 75. From Collective Self-Defence to a Collective Security

System in Europe 1786 76. Post-’92 Helsinki: Towards an Operational Institution

for Comprehensive Security 1821 77. Multilateral Confidence-Building Measures and

the Prevention of War 1848






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REGIONAL SECURITY AND CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES

FOR WORLD PEACE

Awareness and Capsule Course

offered under the aegis of Asian Chapter IAEWP’s ONLINE PEACE EDUCATION,

RECONSTRUCTION, ACCORD, NON-VIOLENCE AND DISARMAMENT INITIATIVE (OPERANDI)






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On l i ne Aw ar eness-cum-Capsu le Cou r se on REGIONAL SECURITY AND CONFIDENCE

BUILDING MEASURES FOR WORLD PEACE

CONTENTS 78. The United Nations Guidelines for Regional

Approaches to Disarmament 1879

79. Openness, Assurance of Security and Disarmament 1916

80. Asian-Pacific World in Transition 1937

81. Prospects of Arms Limitations in the Asia-Pacific Region 1954

82. Implications of the Regional Environment for Regimes of Confidence- and Security-Building for Asia and the Pacific 1978

83. Changes in the Diplomatic and Strategic Environment in the South-East Asian and Pacific Regions 1997

84. South-East Asian Security Issues and Confidence-Building 2026 85. The Korean Peninsula: Security Concerns and CBMs 2042 86. A Perspective from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2072 87. Security Concerns in South-East Asia and the Pacific: An ASEAN Perspective 2089 88. Openness and Transparency in the ASEAN Countries 2107 89. Towards a Sub-regional Agenda for Peace in Central Africa 2122 90. Southern Africa’s Security: Six Propositions for the Twenty-first Century 2135 91. Strengthening of Political Co-operation in Latin America 2148 92. Co-operation and Confidence-building Measures in Latin America and the Caribbean 2167 93. Nuclear Non-Acquisition and Confidence-Building: Argentina and Brazil 2194 94. Confidence-building Measures in the Maritime Domain 2213 95. Necessity of Including Naval Armaments in Disarmament Negotiations 2236 96. International Seminar on Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace 2274 97. Coming in from the Cold War: Arctic Security in the

Emerging Global Climate: A View from Canada 2311 98. Natural Resources and Conflict: Need for Confidence-

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GENERAL STATEMENTS, PROTOCOLS AND CHARTERS FOR PEACE








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On l i ne Aw ar eness-cum-Capsu le Cou r se on GENERAL STATEMENTS, PROTOCOLS

AND CHARTERS FOR PEACE CONTENTS

99. Chronology Concerning the Atlantic Charter 2363

100. List of Documents Concerning the Atlantic Charter 2369

101. Four Freedoms Speech, Roosevelt, January 6, 1941 2371

102. The Atlantic Charter: Joint Declaration by the President and the Prime Minister, 12th August 1941 2372

103. Agreement between the United States of America and Greece Relating to the Principles Applying to Mutual All in the Prosecution of the War against Aggression, signed at Washington, on 10th July 1942, No. 319 2374

104. Churchill’s Speech Zurich, September 19, 1946 on European Unity 2376

105. Charter of the United Nations, Art. 3, 4, 103 and 110 2390

106. United Nations Model Rules for the Conciliation 2393

107. Security Assurances of France 2402 108. Helsinki Document 1992 (Excerpts) 2405 109. Missile Technology Control Regime Plenary Meeting 2412 110. Joint United States-Russian Statements 2414 111. Permanent Five Interim Guidelines Related to

Weapons of Mass Destruction 2417 112. Excerpts from the Report of the Secretary-General of

the United Nations on Cambodia 2419 113. Developments in the El Salvador Peace Process 2426 114. Excerpts from the Final Act of Paris Conference on Cambodia 2428 115. Closing Communique of the Meeting of the Five on

Arms Transfers and Non-Proliferation 2440 116. The Compressed Negotiations 2443 117. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the

International Atomic Energy Agency Secretariat Complete Safeguards Agreement Text 2447

118. Communique from Paris Meeting of Five on Arms Transfers and Non-Proliferation 2448

119. Communique of the Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty Member States and Protocol Signed 2451

120. Final Document of the Seminar for High-Level Military and Civilian Officials 2455

121. Excerpt on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation from the French Arms Control and Disarmament Plan 2458

122. Final Document of Extraordinary Conference of States Parties to the CFE Treaty, Oslo, 5 June 1992 2459

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123. Memorandum on the European Security Commission Issued on 6 April 1990 by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Czechoslovakia 2468

124. Summary of Conclusions of the Meeting of the Five Permanent Members of the Security Council on the Cambodian Problem 2472

125. Principles that should Govern Further Actions of the States in the Field of the Freezing and Reduction of Military Budgets 2474

126. Government-Industry Conference against Chemical Weapons: Summary Statement by the Chairman Canberra, 22 September 1989 2477

127. Joint United States-Soviet Statement on Chemical Weapons 2485

128. Communique Issued by the Committee of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the States Parties to the Warsaw Treaty at its Session Held at Berlin 2488

129. Proposals for the Negotiations on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Submitted by: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States 2494

130. Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting 1986 of Representatives of the Participating States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, Held on the Basis of the Provisions of the Final Act Relating to the Follow-up to the Conference 2499

131. Communique from the Session of the Committee of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of States Parties to the Warsaw Treaty Prague, 28-29 October 1987 (excerpts) 2508

132. Western European Union Platform on European Security Interests the Hague 2516

133. Final Document of the International Conference on the Relationship Between Disarmament and Development 2522

134. Memorandum of Poland on Decreasing Armaments and Increasing Confidence in Central Europe 2533

135. Communique Issued by the Session of the Political Consultative Committee of the States Parties to the Warsaw Treaty 2537

136. Guidelines on Nuclear Transfers Agreed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group 2550

137. Basic Principles of Negotiations on the Further Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (1973) 2563

138. Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Link (1963) 2565

139. Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan 2569

140. Statements on Security Assurances of the Russian Federation 2573

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141. Statement on Security Assurances of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2575

142. Statement on Security Assurances of the United States of America 2578

143. Statement on Security Assurances of the People’s Republic of China 2581

144. Concluding Statement by the President of the Amendment Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 2583

145. Statement from the Nordic Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 2585

146. Joint Statement of the President of the Argentine Republic and the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil upon the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaty of Tlatelolco 2587

147. Statement by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Non-Nuclear Status of Ukraine 2589

148. Statement by President F. W. de Klerk on South African Accession to the NPT 2591

149. Statement of the Member States of the Warsaw Treaty 2593

150. Statement of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Occasion of the Signing of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe 2595

151. Agreed Statement in Connection with the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Destruction and Non-Production of Chemical Weapons and on Measures to Facilitate the Multilateral Convention on Banning Chemical Weapons 2597

152. Joint United States-USSR Statements 2598

153. Joint Statement on the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms 2604

154. Joint Statement on Future Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms and Further Enhancing Strategic Stability 2609

155. Statement Made on 5 March 1990 by the President of the United States of America Concerning the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 2611

156. Joint Statement Issued at the Conclusion of the United States-Soviet Ministerial Meeting 2613

157. Joint Statement on Chemical Weapons Issued at the Conclusion of the United States-Soviet Ministerial Meeting 2617

158. Final Statement of the Palme Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues 2619

159. Conventional Arms Control: Statement of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council 2642

160. Joint Statement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Issued Following Meetings in Moscow from 29 May to 1 June 1988 2646

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161. Joint Statement Between the President of the United States of America and the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Washington, D.C., 10 December 1987 (excerpts) 2660

162. Statement on the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council 2667

163. Joint Statement of the Six 22 May 1987 2671 164. Statements by the President of the Security Council

on behalf of the Council 2673 165. High-Level Meeting of the Security Council:

Note by the President of the Security Council on Behalf of the Members 2678

166. Statements by the President of the Security Council 2699

167. Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as Amended on 3 May 1 996 (Protocol II of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects) 2722

168. Protocol to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-ban Treaty 2740

169. Protocol to the July 1991 START Treaty 2769

170. Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (1977) 2772

171. Document on Confidence-Building Measures and Certain Aspects of Security and Disarmament Included in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1975) 2799

172. Protocol to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (1974) 2804

173. Protocol to the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests 2807

174. Protocol to the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests 2809

175. Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (1925) 2811

176. Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (1924) 2813

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RESOLUTIONS, AGREEMENTS, CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS

FOR WORLD PEACE








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AND CONVENTIONS FOR WORLD PEACE

CONTENTS

177. Resolutions Adopted on the Reports of the First

Committee 2823

178. Resolution on the Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon- Free Zone in Central Asia 2825

179. Resolution on the Middle East Adopted by the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference 2827

180. Security Council Resolution 984 (1995) on Security Assurances 2829

181. General Assembly Resolution 47/39 on the Chemical Weapons Convention 2832

182. General Assembly Resolution 46/36 (December 9, 1991) 2835 183. Resolution 271 (XII), adopted by the Agency for the

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean at its Twelfth Regular session, entitled “Foz de Iguazu Declaration on the Joint Nuclear Policy of Argentina and Brazil” 2843

184. Security Council Resolution 687 (1991) 2845 185. General Assembly Resolution 3462 (XXX) of 11 December 1975 2856 186. Inter-allied Meeting, London, September 24, 1941,

London at St. James’s Palace 2859 187. The International Conferences of American States,

Second Supplement, 1942-1954 2866 188. Second Review Conference of the States Parties

to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects 2872

189. Report of the Third Annual Conference of the States Parties to Amended Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as Amended on 3 May 1996 Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects 2883

190. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (1994) 2892

191. Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 3046

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192. Final Document of the Extraordinary Conference of the States Parties to the CFE Treaty 3057

193. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects 3066

194. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (1980) 3090

195. Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1979) 3097

196. Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile use of Environmental Modification Techniques 3109

197. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and an their Destruction (1972) 3116

198. Convention on Special Missions and Optional Protocol Concerning Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 3124

199. Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) 3136

200. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) 3163

201. Charter of the United Nations (1945) 3168

202. Convention on the Limitations of Armaments of Central American States 3198

203. Convention Relating to the Non-Fortification and Neutralisation of the Aaland Islands (1921) 3201

204. U.S.S.R.-United States: Mutual and Agreements 3206

205. Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Signed by North Korea 3207

206. Agreement on Joint Measures with Respect to Nuclear Weapons in the Commonwealth of Independent States 3208

207. Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Signed by Argentina and Brazil 3211

208. Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-Aggression, and Cooperation and Exchange between the North and the South 3213

209. Developments in the El Salvador Peace Process New York Agreement 3217

210. Agreement between the Government of Hungary and the Government of Romania on the Establishment of

an Open Skies Regime 3224

211. Security Commission Agreement 3248

212. Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Destruction and Non-Production of Chemical Weapons and on Measures to Facilitate the Multilateral Convention on Banning Chemical Weapons 3251

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213. Conceptual Framework for Agreement on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (FE) Proposed by Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 3259

214. Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Conduct of a Joint Verification Experiment 3263

215. Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Notifications of Launches of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and Submarine-launched Ballistic Missiles 3267

216. Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Prevention of Nuclear War (1973) 3270

217. Interim Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Certain Measures with Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (1972) 3273

218. Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Prevention of Incidents on and over the High Seas (1972) 3277

219. Agreements to Reduce Risk of Nuclear War between the United States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1971) 3281






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TREATIES AMONG NATIONS FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY








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CONTENTS

220. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 3283

221. African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty) 3320

222. Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon- Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty) 3338

223. Related Documentation on a Comprehensive Test Ban 3353

224. Treaty on Open Skies 3355

225. Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, November 19, 1990 3439

226. Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (The INF Treaty) (March 1988) 3564

227. Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles 3573

228. South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (December 1987) 3591

229. South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty 3597

230. Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (1979) 3615

231. Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes 3648

232. Treaty between the United Sates of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests (1974) 3671

233. Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (1972) 3674

234. Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Sub-soil Thereof 3680

235. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3685 236. Text of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear

Weapons 3692

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237. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (14 February, 1967) 3699

238. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (1967) 3720

239. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (1963) 3727

240. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, Outer Space and Under Water 3730

241. The Antarctic Treaty 3734

242. Anti-War Treaty (Non-Aggression and Conciliation) (1933) 3741

243. Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament (1936) 3747

244. General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy (1928) 3763

245. Treaty Between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, for the Limitation of Naval Armament (1922) 3765

246. Treaty Concerning the Archipelago of Spitsbergen (1920) 3780

247. Treaty of Versailles (1919) 3784






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On l i ne Aw ar eness-cum-Capsu le Cou r se on DECLARATIONS, DECISIONS AND

UN DOCUMENTS FOR PEACE

CONTENTS

248. Declaration by United Nations, done Washington on January 1st, 1942, with Related Documents, No. 4817 3823

249. Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism 3828

250. Declaration on the Enhancement of Cooperation between the United Nations and Regional Arrangements or Agencies in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security 3851

251. CSCE Declaration on the Treaty on Open Skies 3855

252. Declaration of the CSCE Council on Non-Proliferation and Arms Transfers 3857

253. Joint Declaration of the Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula 3859

254. Declaration on Fact-finding by the United Nations in the Field of the Maintenance of International Peace and Security 3862

255. Declaration of the 1990s as the Third Disarmament Decade 3867

256. Cartagena Declaration on the Renunciation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 3870

257. Joint Declaration on the Complete Prohibition of Chemical and Biological Weapons: Mendoza Accord 3874

258. Economic Summit Declaration on Conventional Arms Transfers and NBC Non-Proliferation 3876

259. European Council Declaration on Non-Proliferation and Arms Exports 3881

260. Argentine-Brazilian Joint Declaration on Nuclear Policy Issued at Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, on 28 November 1990 3883

261. Joint Declaration of Twenty-Two States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 3885

262. Joint Declaration of the Federal Republic of Germany and of the German Democratic Republic on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons 3888

263. London Declaration on a Transformed North Atlantic Alliance 3889 264. Declaration by the States Parties to the Warsaw Treaty 3895 265. Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of

the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof 3898

266. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (September 1989) 3904

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267. Excerpts from the Declaration of the Heads of State or Government Participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council 3911

268. Final Declaration of the Conference of States Parties to the 1925 Geneva Protocol and other Interested States on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 3915

269. Declaration on the Prevention and Removal of Disputes and Situations Which May Threaten International Peace and Security and on the Role of the United Nations in this Field 3917

270. Declaration on the Enhancement of the Effectiveness of the Principle of Refraining from the Threat or Use of Fore in International Relations 3922

271. Declaration Issued on the Occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the Launching of the Six-Nation Initiative, 1987 3929

272. Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace 3932

273. Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes 3934

274. Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States 3941

275. Declaration on the Prevention of Nuclear Catastrophe 3947

276. Declaration of the 1980s as the Second Disarmament Decade 3949

277. Declaration on International Cooperation for Disarmament 3959

278. Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace 3965 279. Declaration on the Deepening and Consolidation of

International Detente 3969

280. Declaration on the use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind 3973

281. Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace 3976

282. Declaration of Principles Governing the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction 3979

283. Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security 3983 284. Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in

the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of their Independence and Sovereignty 3989

285. Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos (1962) 3992

286. Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear and Thermo-nuclear Weapons 3996

287. Excerpt from the State of the Union Message by the President of the United States, George Bush 3998

288. Excerpt from a Message from the President of the Russian Federation, B. N. Yeltsin, to the Secretary- General of the United Nations 3999

289. Responses to the United States and Soviet Unilateral Initiatives 4006

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290. Excerpts from a Statement by President Mikhail Gorbachev 4011 291. United States and Soviet Unilateral Initiatives on

Nuclear Arms 4014

292. United States-Soviet Joint Statement on Afghanistan 4019

293. Commentary on the United States-Soviet Joint Statement on Afghanistan 4021

294. Selected Security Council Resolutions on the Special Commission on Iraq 4022

295. Security Council Resolution 715 (1991) 4026

296. General Assembly Resolution 44/21: Enhancing International Peace, Security and International Co-operation in All Its Aspects in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations 4028

297. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar’s Statement to the Conference Concerning the 1925 GenevaProtocol Prohibiting Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases 4030

298. Address by General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev at the Forty-third Session of the General Assembly 4035

299. Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organisation September 1987 (Excerpts) 4041

300. United Nations Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (1979) 4044

301. General Assembly Resolution 32/75 of 12 December 1977 4054

302. Decision on Strengthening the Review Process for the Treaty 4057

303. Decision on Principles and Objectives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament 4059

304. Decision on the Extension of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 4064

305. Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects 4065






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CONTENTS

1. Text of Disarmament Resolutions and Decisions: 49th Session 1


3. Text of Disarmament Resolutions and Decisions: 51st Session 79

4. Text of Disarmament Resolutions and Decisions: 52nd Session 156

5. Text of Disarmament Resolutions and Decisions: 53rd Session 228









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9. United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues 589

10. Multilateral and Bilateral Approaches to Disarmament 623

11. Effect of Perestroika on Disarmament Strategy 643 12. Destruction of Weapons Systems under Multilateral Arms Control Agreements 665

13. Disarmament Education in Africa: The IAUP/UN Commission Experience 677

14. Economic and Social Consequences of Disarmament 697

15. Disarmament 705

16. UN and Disarmament: Evolution of Machinery and Approaches Till 1970 721

17. General and Complete Disarmament, 1959-1970 728

18. Collateral Measures of Disarmament 779

19. Postscript 817 20. The Conference on Disarmament: The Single Multilateral

Disarmament Negotiating Body of the International Community (July, 1986) 826

21. The United Nations and Disarmament (1945-1995) 839

22. New Weapons, New Tools 860 23. Principles, Approaches and Measures of Disarmament 874

24. Disarmament and Peace-Building Process 899






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25. Security, Economic and Political Implications of Arms Race 921

26. Economic and Social Implications of the Arms Race 925

27. Arms Race: Social and Economic Consequences 941

28. Dynamics of the Arms Race: Social and Economic Impacts 948

29. The Arms Race in Terms of Resources 968

30. The Arms Race and Economic and Social Development 982

31. Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and Military Expenditures 1004

32. Reduction of Military Budgets 1015

33. Military Budget Expenditure Compared with other Statistics: Annual Averages, 1973-1975 1024

34. The End of the Cold War and Declining Military Expenditures 1031

35. Agreement on Reducing Forces in Europe 1073

36. Table of World Military Expenditure, 1980-89 1106

37. The International Arms Trade 1125

38. International Arms Transfers: Supplier Policies and Recipient Dependence 1142

39. Italian Legislation on the Export of Armaments 1174

40. International Dialogue and the Conversion of the Armaments Industry 1202

41. The National Experience of the USSR 1235

42. The Effects of Military Industrialisation in Latin America 1282






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43. Defensive Security: Concept, Policy, Strategy and Measures for Implementation 1289

44. Towards Global Defensive Security 1293

45. Defensive Security: Concepts and Policies 1300

46. Current Trends in the International Security Environment 1348

47. Africa: The Case for Disarmament 1367

48. The Substance and Main Features of Defensive Security Concepts and Policies 1446

49. Paris Summit: A Disarmament and Security Assessment 1462

50. The Moscow Summit 1484

51. Problems in the Implementation of Defensive Security Concepts and Policies 1503

52. Can Non-Offensive Defence Improve Arms Reductions? 1510

53. Mutual Inability to Launch Attacks, and Arms Reductions in Europe 1521

54. United Nation Role in Disarmament 1531

55. Agreements for Weapons Destruction 1562

56. Strategies and Measures to Promote “Defensive Security” 1574

57. Sufficient Defence and Arms Reductions 1610






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58. Conventional Weapons Efforts to Limit and Reduce Them (April, 1991) 1633

59. The Commission for Conventional Armaments 1653

60. Register of the Trade in Major Conventional Weapons with Industrialized and Third World Countries, 1989 1664

61. Register of Licensed Production of Major Conventional Weapons in Industrialized and Third World Countries, 1989 1705

62. Composite Table of replies of Governments for the Register of Conventional Arms: 1994 1714

63. Regulation, Limitation and Balanced Reduction of All Armed Forces and All Armaments, 1951-1958 1717

64. Strategic Arms Reduction Talks and Future Prospects 1761

65. Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START II) 1771

66. Guidelines on Conventional Arms Control/Limitation and Disarmament, with Particular Emphasis on Consolidation of Peace in the Context of General Assembly Resolution 51/45 N 1798

67. Final Declaration of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects 1809

68. Conventional Arms Control in Europe: Objectives and Problems 1818

69. Towards an Agreement on Reducing Conventional Forces in Europe 1844

70. Prospects for Conventional Arms Control in Europe 1856

71. Documents of the Joint Extraordinary Conference of the States Parties to the CFE Treaty 1878

72. Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials 1888

73. Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions 1903

74. Bill Presented to the U.S. Congress to Establish A Code of Conduct for U.S. Arms Transfers 1933

75. OSCE Principles Governing Conventional Arms Transfers 1939

76. Controlling Conventional Weapons in Latin America: A Treaty Proposal 1942

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77. Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear War and Global Security: Major Trends and Consequences 1965

78. The Swedish Initiative on Accidental Nuclear War 1969

79. Towards Global Security from Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War 1993

80. Global Nuclear Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region 1998

81. Existing Nuclear Weapons: Technical Data and Statistics 2029

82. Land- and Sea-based Nuclear Weapons 2045

83. Weapons and Technology 2051

84. Trends in the Technological Development of Nuclear Weapon Systems 2065

85. Tactical Nuclear Weapons—Do They Have a Future? 2078

86. Doctrines and Strategies Concerning Nuclear Weapons 2118

87. Russian Deterrent Forces in the Post-Cold War Environment 2134

88. Development, Production and Testing of Nuclear Weapons 2166

89. Effects of the use of Nuclear Weapons and Consequences of Nuclear War 2180

90. Nuclear Weapons and International Security 2206

91. The INF Treaty: Its Origins, Content and Promise 2221

92. Nuclear Arms Limitation and Disarmament 2279

93. Towards Nuclear Arms Limitation and Global Disarmament after Reykjavik 2304

94. Official Doctrinal Positions of the Nuclear Weapon States 2345

95. The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty 2354





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96. Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 2367

97. The Conference of Non-Nuclear Weapon States 2418 98. The Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on

the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (March 1985) 2439

99. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Fifteen Years after Entry into Force (July, 1985) 2457

100. Some Regional Aspects of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime 2469

101. Towards the 1990 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2486

102. The Fourth Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty 2501

103. NPT Safeguards Today and Tomorrow 2522

104. Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Safeguards: New Challenges 2544

105. Strengthening the NPT Regime: A CTBT and a Cut-off of Fissionable Material 2555

106. Towards a Genuine Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime 2563

107. Nuclear Non-Proliferation: The Current Context 2575

108. The Role of the Nuclear Powers 2597 109. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Options and Opportunities 2605

110. Strengthening the NPT and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime 2619

111. Africa and the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime 2634

112. Denuclearisation in Africa: The South African Dimension 2647

113. Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Confidence-building in the Southern Cone 2658

114. The Non-Proliferation Treaty, Tlatelolco and the Regional Contribution 2678

115. Excerpts on Negative Security Assurances 2688

116. Security Council Resolution 984 (1995) 2690

117. Documents of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference 2693

118. The Implications of South Asia’s Nuclear Tests for the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Regimes 2702

119. 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document 2717

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120. The Atomic Energy Commission 2751

121. Radiation–A Fact of Life 2766

122. Early Initiatives, 1954-1958 2774

123. Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests, 1958-1962 2791

124. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 2807

125. Efforts to Achieve a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, 1964-1970 2820

126. The Partial Test-Ban Treaty: A British View 2841

127. 1963 Moscow Treaty: Achievements and Future Prospects 2879

128. Amendment Conference to the Partial Test-Ban Treaty 2921

129. Draft Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 2929

130. Conference on Disarmament: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Model Treaty Text 2946

131. Towards a Nuclear-Test Ban (April, 1991) 3026

132. Ensuring the CTBT’s Implementation 3045

133. Nuclear Free Zones 3068

134. Establishment of Nuclear Weapons Free Zones on the Basis of Arrangements Freely Arrived at among the States of the Region Concerned 3089

135. The Treaty of Rarotonga 3097

136. The 20th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco 3110

137. Prospects for a Nuclear Weapon free Zone in Africa 3140

138. Outline of Efforts to Establish a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Africa 3162

139. The African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty: The Pelindaba Text and its Provisions 3175

140. Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone: Next Steps 3209





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141. Chemical and Biological Weapons 3237

142. Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisnous or Other Gases, and the Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (1925) 3247

143. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction 3252

144. Final Declaration of the Fourth Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction 3272

145. Proliferation of Weapons Systems and Disarmament Issues with Particular Reference to Prohibition of Biological, Chemical and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction 3291

146. The Paris Conference on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 3329

147. The Destruction, Removal or Rendering Harmless of Iraq’s Chemical Warfare Capability 3347

148. The Chemical Weapons Convention: A Great Achievement in Multilateral Disarmament 3363

149. Some Observations on the Chemical Weapons Convention 3384

150. Impact of the Chemical Weapons Convention on Disarmament from a Middle-East Perspective 3410

151. Cost of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the Developing Countries 3417

152. Chemical Weapons Convention: A Third-World Perspective 3423

153. A Latin American View of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 3432

154. Chemical Weapons Convention and the Security and Development Needs of Brazil 3439

155. The Chemical Weapons Convention: An Assessment of Future Implications 3450

156. Export Warning List 3456

157. Statements of Possession or Non-possession of Chemical Weapons 3459

158. Towards the Third Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference: The Potential Threat of Biological and Toxin Weapons 3465

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159. The Next Step: A Biological Verification Regime 3481

160. The State of the Biological Weapons Convention 3504

161. Efforts to Achieve a Comprehensive Ban on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons 3519

162. Environmental Hazards in General 3545

163. Environmental Destruction as a Method of Warfare 3574 164. The 1981 Inhumane Weapons Convention 3583






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165. Ballistic Missile Proliferation: Seeking Global Solutions to Regional Problem 3593

166. Proliferation of Missile Capability 3605

167. Limited ABM: A Wrong Solution for the Real Problem 3631

168. Verification and Compliance 3657

169. International Verification System: Technical and Diplomatic Aspects 3672

170. The Role of the United Nations in the Field of Verification 3707

171. Verification Problems: The Experience of Bilateral Negotiations 3723

172. Existing Activities of the United Nations in Verification 3739

173. Multilateral Verification: Opportunities and Constraints 3760

174. Improvements in Existing Activities and Possible Additional Activities with Respect to Verification 3769

175. Outer Space and Disarmament 3815

176. International Security and Outer Space 3820

177. Space Technology—Security Related Developments 3855

178. Outer Space Existing: Use Patterns and Emerging Trends 3867

179. Outer Space: Existing Legal Framework 3887

180. Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies 3900






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181. General Assembly Resolutions and Guidelines set by the Disarmament Commission 3911

182. Towards Conventional Disarmament 3927

183. Guidelines for the Study on Conventional Disarmament 3936

184. Nature, Causes and Effects of the Conventional Arms Race 3940

185. Conventional Disarmament: Principles, Approaches and Measures 3957

186. Working Papers on Conventional Disarmament Submitted to the Disarmament Commission 3984

187. The Third Review Conference of the Sea-bed Treaty—A Panorama 3994

188. The Naval Arms Race 4001

189. The Problem of the Prevention of an Arms Race on the Sea-Bed 4011

190. The Sea-Bed Treaty and its Third Review Conference in 1989 (December) 4020

191. Defining a New Item on the Disarmament Agenda 4035

192. Joint Appeal on Small Arms, Issued at the Conclusion of the First Regional Workshop of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, held at Pretoria from 23 to 25 September 1996 4060

193. Micro-disarmament in the Regional Context 4063

194. Statement on Small Arms, Issued at the Conclusion of the Second Regional Workshop of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, held at San Salvador, on 16 and 17 January 1997 4078

195. Small Arms and Light Weapons 4081

196. The Scourge of Land-mines in Africa 4102

197. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4111

198. Call upon Afghanistan, Issued at the Conclusion of the Third Regional Workshop of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, held at Kathmandu on 22 and 23 May 1997 4127

199. Report of the Group of Experts on the Problem of Ammunition and Explosives (1999) 4130

200. Main Components of the Round/Cartridge of Small Arms 4159

201. Report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms/1999 (A/54/258) 4161

202. Declaration of a Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa 4196

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Interfaith Studies 1

2. Religious Beliefs and Interfaith Interactions 23

3. Ecumenism, Spiritual Reasoning, Syncretism, Universalism and Carbonari 39

4. Leading Interfaith Individuals, Societies and Literature 81

5. Interfaith, Religious Freedom and Belief Immunity 95

6. Interfaith Marriages: Related Issues, Problems and Prospects 127

7. World Religions and Secularism: Problems and Prospects 201






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8. Religion and Religious Groups: An Overview 301

9. Fideism, Comparative Religion and Families of Religion 325

10. Freedom of Religion and Religious Pluralism 345

11. Issues in Contemporary Theology and Inter-Religious Views 377

12. Ideological Dimensions of Islam and World Peace: A Case Study 477

13. World Council of Churches and Christianity: An Overview 519

14. Dialogue between Christianity and Islam: New Emerging Questions 551






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15. Hinduism and Hindu Philosophy: Elements and Dimensions 581

16. Christianity: An Introductory Overview 715

17. Catholicism, Judaism and Christian–Jewish Reconciliation 767

18. Islam, Islamic Practices and New World Order 783






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JUDAISM AND JEWISH PHILOSOPHY

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19. Judaism, Jews and Holocaust Theology 901

20. Elements of Jewish Theology and its Dimensions 975

21. Other Important Elements and Dimensions of Judaism 1067

22. Jewish Philosophy and Principles of Faith 1109

23. Jewish Eschatology, Ethics and Movements 1183

24. Anti-Semitism, Philoseminism and Criticism of Judaism 1231






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25. Buddhism and Buddhist Cosmology: An Overview 1267

26. Jainism, Shintoism: Philosophy, Cosmology and Other Dimensions 1343

27. Sikhism: Religion, Philosophy, Principle and Belief System 1445

28. Confucianism: An Overview 1479

29. Zionism: Evolution and Philosophy 1495

30. Baha’i: Religion, Philosophy and Faith 1523

31. Zoroastrianism: An Overview 1537






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32. Interfaith Principles and Beliefs: Special Focus on

Protestant Christianity 1565

33. World Religious Movements, Cults, Sects, Denominations and Beliefnet: An Indepth Analysis 1593

34. Interfaith Study Centres, Programmes and Declaration: Special Focus on Foods of Various Religions 1647

35. Interfaith Dialogues among Various Religions: Assessing the Institutional Support Aspects 1677

36. Other Important Interfaith Organisations, Networks, Conferences and Associations 1711

37. Global Issues and Interfaith Dialogue: An Overview 1721

38. Conflict Transformation, Global Challenges and Women Issues: Interfaith for Healing 1765

39. Cordoba Initiative, Works of Harvard University and Aspen Institute: Case Study of Select Institutions 1813






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40. Non-violence and Non-violent Revolution: Principles and Practices 1833

41. Major Global Guidelines on Human Rights 1857

42. Peace-Building through Interfaith Dialogues 1889

43. Faith-Base and Multifaith Actions for Building Peace: Actors, Factors, Methods and Philosophy 1937

44. Freedom to Believe, Shared Wisdom and Mutual Survival 2055

45. Model Interfaith Guidelines to Religion and Spirituality 2077






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46. Interfaith Education: Role of Consultation and Symposium 2097

47. Interfaith Education, Community and Justice: Perspective and Resources 2145

48. Case Study: Pluralism Project and Other Initiatives 2225

49. Notable UN Initiatives with Focus on Golden Rule Curriculum 2245

50. Case Study: Hate Violence Curriculum of Interfaith Alliance 2363






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51. Introductory Overview of Interfaith Relations and Organisations 2369

52. Case Study: Conference on Non-violent Civilian Protection and Associated Institutions 2453

53. Other Initiatives and Institutions Working on Guidelines for Better Interfaith Relations 2629






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54. Towards Finding Common Interfaith Ground 2693

55. Handbook Interfaith Relations, Dialogue and Tolerance 2725

56. For Dialogue among Culture and Civilisations 2755

57. Shared Wisdom and Relations with People of Other Faiths 2765

58. Case Study: Fellowship of Reconciliation and Other Notables Institutions 2809






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