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1 Rebecca Johnson, Experts, Advocates and Partners: Civil Society and the Conference on Disarmament 1 (2011)

handle is hein.unl/unaadz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Civil Society and the Conference on Disarmament February 2011 The CD Discussion Series Between December 2010 and July 2011, the UNIDIR project The Conference on Disarmament: Breaking the Ice and the Geneva Forum are organizing a series of thematic discussions to examine the myths and realities of the CD-as well as the critical challenges facing it-with the aim to increase understanding of the history, processes and issue areas of this unique negotiating forum. Experts, Advocates and Partners: Civil Society and the Conference on Disarmament' Dr Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy Civil society has played a very significant part in bringing disarmament objectives to governmental and public attention on issues ranging from banning cluster munitions and anti-personnel landmines to implementing the nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) prohibiting nuclear testing. Partnership between governments and civil society actors brought about the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the 2008 Cluster Munitions Convention.2 Less formally, and utilizing a considerable tactical toolbox, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society kept alive the hope of a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and worked closely with government scientists and officials to develop verification solutions and create the conditions that enabled the Conference on Disarmament (CD) to bring the CTBT to conclusion. Women's and human rights organizations, such as Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Amnesty International, were the driving force behind the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. Civil society has also engaged very actively in efforts to promote the elimination of nuclear, chemical and biological arsenals, and in developing and implementing the Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons. For all these weapons types, civil society has worked both with governments and communities to stigmatize the use and possession of such weapons, constrain trafficking and create and strengthen norms to drive governmental and diplomatic initiatives towards further agreements, resolutions or treaties. SDAS FOR PEACE AND SECURIT

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