STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:02:10 From: Felicity Hill <flick<@>igc.org> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear All, 1. Report of this week's CD Plenary 2. UNIDIR Visiting Research Fellowships - the Middle East best wishes Felicity 1. Report of the CD Plenary China submits paper on PAROS Full text of statement by Mr. Hu Xiaodi Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs of China available at: http://reachingcriticalwill.org/cd/thisweek/chi070601.html "Today I would like to focus my address on the issue of the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS). China's position on this issue is very clear. We are committed to promoting the international community to negotiate and conclude a legally binding international instrument on the prevention of the weaponization of and an arms race in outer space. In February 2000, the Chinese delegation submitted to the CD a working paper (CD/1606) entitled "China's Position on and Suggestions for Ways to Address the Issue of Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space at the Conference on Disarmament', which outlined China's tentative ideas on the above-mentioned international legal instrument. Since then, China has conducted further studies on relevant issues and envisages some basic elements for the future legal instrument. Today, upon the instruction of the Chinese government, I submit a working paper entitled 'Possible Elements of the Future International Legal Instrument on the Prevention of the Weaponization of Outer Space" I have already requested that this paper to be circulated as an official CD document. The paper contains elements of such substantial articles as the Name of the Instrument Preamble, Basic Obligations, Definition, National Measures for Implementation, Peaceful Use of Outer Space, Confidence Building Measures, Verification Measures, Settlement of Disputes, Executive Or Legal Instrument. It also includes elements of some "procedural articles" commonly found in international legal instruments. such as Amendment, Duration and Withdrawal, Signature and Ratification, Entry into Force and Authentic Texts. According to the paper, the future international legal instrument could be entitled "Treaty on the Prevention of the Weaponization of Outer Space" Its basic obligations could cover four main areas, namely, not to test, deploy, or use in outer space any weapons, weapon systems or their components; not to test, deploy or use on land, in sea or atmosphere any weapons, weapon systems or their components that can be used for warfighting in outer space; not to use any objects launched into orbit to directly participate in combatant activities; not to assist or encourage other countries, regions, international organizations or entities to participate in activities prohibited by this legal instrument. Under the above-mentioned basic obligations, all space based weapons and all weapons attacking outer space targets from the earth are to be prohibited once for all." Transcribed Statement of the Ambassador of Colombia Mr. Camilo Reyes Rodriguez to the Conference on Disarmament 7/6/01 http://reachingcriticalwill.org/cd/thisweek/col070601.html As you all know, and as a result of intensive and formal consultations, the President has made a proposal, which if agreed to would enable us to appoint coordinators to deal with three specific subject areas of a procedural nature. In presidential consultations held yesterday I was given official reactions from coordinators to this proposal. By and large it is a positive reaction and it is also clear that it is necessary to use a little more time in order to try and take a specific decision on the subject. Therefore, it is my intention to take up this possibility next week and indeed I hope that it will be possible to take a decision in the next plenary, if this is the indication that is given by all participating in the Conference. 2. Visiting Research Fellowships - the Middle East Call for applications The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is calling for applications for its 2002 visiting research fellowship programme on regional security. Four researchers will be invited to Geneva for a period of up to six months. The researchers will work collectively on a single research paper, focusing on a particular question of regional security. The research paper would then feed into policy debates on the security of the region. The visiting fellows programme aims to: produce a serious contribution to the debates on regional security; provide training for researchers; allow them to interact with each other, with researchers from other regions, the UN Secretariat, delegations, international organizations and non-governmental institutes; and contribute to UNIDIR's research programme. In 2002, the fellowships are reserved for researchers from the Middle East and the programme will focus on the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The fellowships will be allocated on a competitive basis, taking due care to obtain national representation. Applicants must be willing to work very closely with their fellowship colleagues and be prepared to be flexible on the research they are to develop together as a team. Applications for a visiting research fellowship should include a curriculum vitae, names and contact details of three referees, a one-page outline of the main security issues in the Middle East and a four-page description of a proposed project to address one of those issues of concern. The fellowship programme is scheduled to begin in January 2002. Fellows will receive a monthly stipend for their time in Geneva that will cover their living expenses. A return fare from the fellows' places of residence will also be paid. Requests for further information and applications may be sent to Mr Olivier Brenninkmeijer, Fellowship Coordinator, UNIDIR, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, Tel: +41 22 917 1583, Fax: +41 22 917 0176, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Website: http://www.unog.ch/unidir. The working languages of the institute are English and French. UNIDIR is an equal opportunities employer. 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