I. IPB Home

II. About IPB

A. History

1. Over a Century of Peace-Making

2. Ducommun: First Secretary-General

a. Historians Recall First Secretary-General
b. En Elie Ducommun by Colin Archer

3. Laureates and Leaders

a. IPB Nobel Prize Winners
b. Leaders in the Peace Movement

4. Annual Reports

a. Annual Report 2005
b. Annual Report 2004
c. Triennial Report 2001-2003

1) Report 2001-03 inside cover
2) Report 2001-2003 members list
3) Triennial Report 2001-03 FRANCAIS

d. Triennial Report 1998-2000

5. Activities (1990-2005)
6. Centenaries (2004-2013)

B. Structure

1. Constitution
2. IPB Rules as amended in 2006
3. Full Helsinki Report 2006

C. Leadership
D. Networks
E. MacBride Peace Prize
F. In Seven Languages

1. English
2. French
3. German
3. Espanol
4. Italiano
5. Portugues
6. Arabic

III. Disarmament & Development Programme

A. General

1. The Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development Programme (2005-2010)
2. Warfare or Welfare - Disarmament or Development Ch 2
3. Warfare or Welfare - Impact of Weapons on Development Ch 4
4. Warfare or Welfare - Conclusion Ch 7
5. ECOSOC Meeting Leaflet July '07
6. Geneva June '06 Seminar Summary
7. IPB Consultation London Oct '05

B. Military vs Social Spending

1. IPB Deplores Rise in Military Spending, Urges Investments to Counter Poverty and Climate Change
2. World-Wide Data on Military Spending

a. Military Spending Projections 2006-2011
b. Table on World & Regional Military Expenditure, 1994-2003
c. 15 Major Spenders 2004
d. Countries with Highest Military Spending in the World
e. CIA List of Military Expenditures for All Countries as % of GDP
f. Military Spending in the World
g. Graphs on Military Spending
h. SIPRI-Methodology for Comparison of Government Priorities
i. SIPRI-The Reporting of Military Expenditure Data

3. Country-Specific Data on Military Spending

a. Algeria Boosts Military Spending
b. Australia Military Spending Rises 3 Percent Per Annum from Year 2000
c. Canada's Alarming Rise in Military Spending
d. China Increases Military Spending More Than 14 Percent in 2006
e. India Raises Military Spending 7.2 Percent 2006-7
f. US Military Aid to Israel
g. Japan Low Military Spending Underscores Dependence on US
h. Russian Military Spending 2005-2006
i. Venezuela Wants Biggest Army in America
j. Military Spending in Developing Countries
k. Military Spending in OECDs

4. Data on US Military Spending

a. US Military Spending vs the World
b. Military Spending in the USA
c. The Runaway US Military Budget
d. US Spending Priorities Are Distorted
e. US - 2007 Domestic Programs Take the Hit
f. Where US Tax Dollars Go
g. The US - What It Means to be Number 1
h. Highlights of 2007 Pentagon Spending Request
i. Private Military Contractors by Alex Krauss

5. Military vs Social Spending

a. Military Spending and Homelessness
b. World Council of Churches - World Military Expenditures, Education & Health
c. Missing the Mark - Rich Countries' Contribution to Universal Primary Education by 2015
d. Financing Education
e. Military Spending vs the Rights of the Child

1) Action Plan for Governments to Fulfil Medium-Term Development Goals for Children
2) IPB Paper on Four Key Concepts Art 4 of Convention on Rights of the Child
3) IPB Memo to UN Committee on Rights of the Child Re Ehiopia Jan '07
4) Guide for NGOs Reporting to the CRC
5) Monitoring Implementation of Convention on Rights of the Child -- Nine Country Case Studies
6) Networking for Children's Rights - A Guide for NGOs
7) South Africa - Childrens' Budget 2006

6. Human vs National Security

a. Military Spending vs Human Security, PPT Notes by Elizabeth Skons
b. Human Tide, the Real Migration Crisis - A Christian Aid Report
c. Warfare or Welfare Ch 1 - The Human Security Concept, & a Critique
d. Conflict Diamonds & Human Security in Sierra Leone

7. NGO Calls to Action

a. Don't Spend Money on War - Use It for Peace
b. Warfare or Welfare Ch 3 - Military Spending & the Costs of Militarism

C. Small Arms

1. Introduction to IPB Report on Small Arms & Development
2. IPB Report on Small Arms and Development
3. Websites on Small Arms and Development

D. Nuclear Weapons
E. Chemical/Biological Weapons

1. IPB Appeal on White Phosphorus Use by US Military in Iraq
2. Call of Civil Society Organisations on Governments to Reinforce BioWeapons Ban
3. Agent Orange in Vietnam
4. Legal Opinion I on White Phosphorus
5. Legal Opinion II on White Phosphorus

F. Landmines

G. Other Weapons

1. Report from the Lima Conference on Cluster Munitions, 23-25 May 2007 (Part 1)
2. Brussels Appeal for a Ban on Uranium Weapons

a. ICBUW Final Report on DU
b. Campaign against Depleted Uranium Newsletter
c. CHRR Concerns on Uranium Mining
d. Health and Environment Hazards of DU
e. Short Report from ICBUW Lobbying GENEVA May 2007

H. Militarisation of Aid

1. Militarisation of Humanitarian Aid
2. Principles and Good Practice of Humanitarian Donorship
3. Humanitarian Action and the War on Terror
4. Media and the Instrumentalisation of Aid, Military Involvement in Distribution of Aid
5. Aid Agencies and the Military in Humanitarian Response
6. Cooperation between Aid Organisations and Armed Forces in Humanitarian Aid
7. Civil-Military Relationships in Complex Emergencies
8. Guidelines on the Use of Military Support for UN Humanitarian Activities
9. Country Examples - Humanitarian Aid as Political Weapon
10. Iraq - Humanitarian-Military Relations with Guidelines
11. Civil-Military Relations in Afghanistan with Recommendations
12. NATO and Humanitarian Action in the Kosovo Crisis

I. Resource Conflicts

1. Conflict Diamonds and Human Security in Sierra Leone
2. The Role of Diamonds in Fuelling Conflict
3. Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone

J. Environment/Climate Change

1. A Climate of War: The Links between Climate Change and Conflict
2. A Climate of War - Stopping the Securitisation of Climate Change
3. Ban Ki Moon on Climate Change
4. Margaret Beckett - The Case for Climate Security
5. Climate Change and Conflict - The Migration Link
6. National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
7. Terror in the Weather Forecast
8. Imagine the Unthinkable - The Pentagon Report on Climate Change
9. The Military's Impact on the Environment

K. Gender Issues

1. No Women, No Peace: the Importance of Women’s Participation to Achieve Peace & Solidarity
2. No Women No Peace - Shorter Version
3. Warfare or Welfare Ch 6 - Gender Perspectives
4. Women in Peacemaking Deutsch
5. Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament '06
6. Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament '07

IV. Membership

A. Membership Directory

1. International Member Organisations
2. National & Local Member Organisations

B. Membership Forms

1. Organisational
2. Individual
3. How to Send Money to IPB

V. Support

A. Leave a Legacy – Support IPB
B. How to Send Money to IPB
C. IPB Volunteer Program

VI. Newsletters & Publications

A. Newsletters & Calendars
B. Publications
C. Catalogue of Publications Jan 2007

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