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1 John H. King, Transforming the Conference on Disarmament: Multilateral Arms Control and Disarmament for a Pluralistic World 1 (2011)

handle is hein.unl/unaadv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Transforming the CD April 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. Transforming the Conference on Disarmament: Multilateral Arms Control and Disarmament for a Pluralistic World John H. King' The Conference on Disarmament (CD), established as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum2 of the international community, has become an international disappointment. After having negotiated a number of vital treaties over the years, more than a decade has passed since the CD negotiated its last disarmament treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996. Bound inexorably by its rules of procedure requiring consensus, the CD has not been able to agree even on its annual programme of work. Frustration is abundant, but little if anything has been done to try to change the dynamics affecting the CD's dismal performance. The overriding need for consensus has led to the CD's de facto demise over the last decade as an effective operational negotiating body. What remains is a hollow shell. Change is urgently needed. Today's world is very different from the Cold War world in which the CD and its goals were established. The differences in today's needs and priorities for arms control and disarmament are so great that they argue for looking at the CD and its purpose in a whole new way-not just reform but transformation. At this point, reform would be too little, too late. Dr. John King is the Coordinator for Disarmament Education Programs at the Geneva office of the UN- mandated University for Peace. A former US diplomat, he has many years of experience in the arms control and international security field with the US State Department, NATO, and the Conference on Disarmament. EAS FOR PEACE AND SECURIT

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