V.

Implementation of the recommendations by civil society

and non-governmental organizations
A.

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

42. As part of its mission to combat the spread of WMD by training
the next generation of non-proliferation specialists while raising
global public awareness on WMD issues, the James Martin Center for
Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) has developed various educational
activities, listed below. For a fuller description,
see
http://disarmament. un.org/education.1
Recommendations 2, 21, 22 and 25
43. CNS has developed a series of tutorials designed to educate and
provide useful material about treaties through interactive text and
enriched multimedia segments, including timelines, maps and
numerous links to relevant resources. The tutorials are periodically
updated to reflect changes in the non-proliferation environment and
are self-paced for a learning environment accessible to everyone via
the web. CNS has developed tutorials on nuclear non-proliferation,
chemical weapons, biological weapons, radiological terrorism and
nuclear terrorism. In addition to tutorials, CNS publishes both on-line
and print resources on all aspects of WMD, providing background
material to the media, researchers, policy makers, high school and
college instructors, and general public.
Recommendation 3
44. Various CNS publications are translated into Russian and
Chinese, including online publications that CNS produced for the
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). In addition to the Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) tutorial, country profiles are also available in Russian.
English-Japanese Nonproliferation and Disarmament Terminology is
also posted on the NTI website.
Recommendation 4
45. All CNS online publications are accessible through the web.
Online publications include the Inventory of International NonProliferation Organizations and Regimes, International Export Control
Observer. Links to these publications are sent through an e-mail
LISTSERVE. Audio and visual files of selected CNS seminars and
events are also available on the CNS website.
Recommendation 6
46. The core educational programme of CNS is the Certificate in
Non-Proliferation Studies, awarded by the Graduate School of
International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International
Studies. Available to Masters degree students and qualified nondegree students, the Certificate programme is designed to prepare
students for professional careers in non-proliferation, arms control or
1

Also see http://cns.miis.edu/cns/index.htm.

disarmament. The Certificate is the only one of its kind in the United
States of America. To date, more than 300 students have received the
Certificate. In the past two academic years, more than 80 students
have earned the Certificate. .
47. The high school outreach and exchange programme of CNS, the
Critical Issues Forum, brings United States high schools together with
schools in closed nuclear cities of the Russian Federation to study
non-proliferation and international security issues. For the 2006-2007
academic year, the CIF project selected the topic Outer Space: Next
Frontier for Proliferation or Forum for Cooperation? The Winter
Teacher Development Workshop took place in December 2006, and
the Spring Student-Teacher Conference in May 2007. For the 20072008 academic year, the topic was Nuclear Renaissance: Benefits vs.
Risks. This theme focused on peaceful use of nuclear energy and its
implications for nuclear nonproliferation. The Teacher Development
Workshop was held in November 2007, and the students conference in
April 2008. Each years topic encompasses scientific/environmental,
social/cultural, economic, and political/geopolitical issues, which CIF
utilizes as content domains. Over 140 students and teachers from
eight high schools in California, two in Texas, one in New York, and
10 schools in Russias closed nuclear cities (Lesnoy, Novouralsk,
Ozersk, Penza, Sarov, Seversk, Snezhinsk, Zarechniy, Zelenogorsk
and Zheleznogorsk) participated in the program during the past two
years.2

Recommendation 7
48. In keeping with its longstanding practice, CNS organized three
diplomatic workshops on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in the past two years in order to provide an
informal forum for national delegations to discuss the most pressing
concerns regarding NPT and to actively promote a successful NPT
Review Conference in 2010. In March 2007, a workshop was held in
Annecy, France, entitled Preparing for 2010: Getting the Process
Right attended by 70 participants. In March 2008, the workshop was
again held in Annecy entitled "Preparing for 2010: Striking a
Balance between Nuclear Disarmament & Nuclear Nonproliferation,"
with 71 participants. A workshop was also held in New York in
October 2007 during the United Nations First Committee session with
a title of Preparing for 2010: Where are we and where do we want to
go? with 31 participants. Each workshop was attended by
participants from about 30 different States parties including the Chair
of each session of PrepCom and senior representatives of the
International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations and selected
non-governmental organizations.3
49. Established in 1991, CNS Visiting Fellows program is designed
to assist young and mid-career professionals in various foreign
ministries, national export control bodies, journalists, research and
2
3

See http://www.criticalissuesforum.org/
See http://cns.miis.edu/research/npt/index.htm

academic institutions to develop the skills necessary to have a positive

impact on arms control and nonproliferation policy in their respective
countries. Originally targeted at specialists from the former Soviet
Union and then China, the program trained over 150 visiting fellows
from Russia and the NIS and over 50 specialists from China. Trainees
from other countries (Korea, Sweden, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, South
Africa and others) also occasionally participate in the program. The
program is offered three times a year. In 2006-2008, CNS hosted
approximately 30 visiting fellows
50. The English Language and Non-Proliferation (ELAN)
Programme is an eight-week intensive English as a second language
(ESL) program for senior bio-scientists and chemical scientists in
Russia and other Newly Independent States (NIS). The program aims
to improve participants' English language skills in the context of
nonproliferation, biosafety, and biosecurity as related to work they do
in their home countries. The ultimate goal is to facilitate their
interaction with scientists from other countries at international
meetings and to ensure optimum use of English in cooperative defense
and public health projects with their English-speaking counterparts.
CNS hosted over 30 ELAN fellows in 2006-2008.
Recommendation 19 and 24
51. CNS offers part-time graduate research assistantships, enabling
students pursuing the Non-Proliferation Certificate to experience a
unique combination of formal coursework and on-the-job training
through part-time paid research assistantships at CNS. As an assistant,
a student contributes to databases, website publications, fact sheets
and analytical briefs.
52. The Center offers full or partial tuition scholarships to students
working towards a Certificate in Non-Proliferation Studies.
Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis, with both scholarly
and professional experience taken into account. Applicants are expected
to pursue a career in the field of non-proliferation of WMD.
53. Working towards a Certificate in Non-Proliferation Studies
opens possibilities for internships at a number of international
organizations, including the United Nations in New York, the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, IAEA, the
Conference on Disarmament, the Preparatory Commission for the
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, and OPANAL.
54. Since 1997, CNS has offered an on-the-job training summer
programme for undergraduate students in non-proliferation studies.
These undergraduate students have the rare opportunity to pursue
research in a field typically not available to undergraduate students.
Participants conduct research on issues related to the spread and
control of WMD, including nuclear, chemical and biological weapons,
and on regional security issues involving the former Soviet Union,
East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. In addition to working on
ongoing projects at CNS, students develop their own research projects
under the guidance of senior CNS faculty. Students are also invited to
attend CNS lectures and training seminars throughout the summer.

Recommendation 23
55. As part of the Certificate in Non-Proliferation Studies, students
participate in a semester-long simulation of international or bilateral
arms control treaty negotiations. In the Arms Control Negotiation
Simulation course, one of the core courses for the Certificate, students
adopt the roles of negotiators representing parties to bilateral or
multilateral agreements.