Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Booklet produced by Scottish CND in response to Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth's announcement that the Government will undertake a Strategic Defence Review after the next election and also produce a Defence Green Paper early in 2010. The text discusses what Britain's orientation should be to the wider world and the defence and spending consequences of these decisions.

Summary to follow.

March 2003 See also: No War on Iraq: the Background Legal opinion on UN Resolution 1441 Legal opinion on draft US/UK second resolution The US and possible war against Iraq, November 2002 CND is opposed to war with Iraq and is campaigning for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for a diplomatic solution to be negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations. CND calls on all the parties to the conflict to refrain from using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, including in reprisal. CND also calls on the parties to the conflict to refrain from using anti-personnel landmines, cluster…

See also: CND briefing on Iraq, March 2003 Legal opinion on UN Resolution 1441 Legal opinion on draft US/UK second resolution CND briefing on Iraq, November 2002 Following the 1991 Gulf War, UN weapons inspectors (UNSCOM – the UN Special Commission on Iraq) carried out inspections in Iraq for eight years, seeking to verify Iraqi compliance with disarmament of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. In 1998, then UN chief weapons inspector Richard Butler reported to the UN that Iraq “did not keep its promise of full cooperation”. Immediately following submission of Butler’s report, the US and the UK launched unilateral…