Published by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs, Occasional Papers – No. 28, October 2016

Overview: This publication’s authors, who include some of the world’s leading scholars, diplomats and activists on the topic, examine historic, strategic, humanitarian and economic aspects of general and complete disarmament to elaborate and elevate the case for prohibiting conventional weapons systems as well as nuclear weapons. The featured articles were originally presented at the seminar held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 21 October 2015 entitled “Comprehensive Approaches for Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century: Rethinking General and Complete Disarmament”. It was organized by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica.

The authors include two of The Simons Foundation's Fellows, John Burroughs and Paul Meyer.  Please see the links below to access their contributions to "Rethinking General and Complete Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century."

"Legal aspects of general and complete nuclear disarmament"
John Burroughs, J.D, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
and The Simons Foundation Fellow

"Hard and soft linkages between nuclear and conventional disarmament"
Amb (Ret.) Paul Meyer
Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security, Simon Fraser University
and Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation


For more information and to download the complete publication, please visit the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs.