By Greg Thielmann and Daryl G. Kimball
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon receives the UN report on chemical weapons use in Syria from Ake Sellstrom, head of the investigation team.
By Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association
This bulletin highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming week, as compiled by staff and friends of the Arms Control Association. (Send your suggestions here.)
By Daryl G. Kimball
Today, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Russia will push Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control if such a move would help avert a possible, punitive U.S. cruise missile strike on Syria in response to the use of chemical weapons on August 21 by regime forces.
This bulletin highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming week, as compiled by staff and friends of the Arms Control Association. (Send your suggestions here.)
By Greg Thielmann
A UN inspector at one of the sites of the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Zamalka.
By Daryl G. Kimball
There are no international laws against war itself, but there are rules about how wars can and cannot be conducted.
This bulletin highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming week, as compiled by staff and friends of the Arms Control Association. (Send your suggestions here.)
Official photo of Hassan Rouhani, the 7th President of Iran.
By Kelsey Davenport and Daryl G. Kimball
Daryl G. Kimball
Executive Director, Arms Control Association
August 28, 2013
