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The Research Library contains the following resources:
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Country Profiles
Find summary information on the nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and
missile programs of selected countries. The section also includes selected links to additional
resources, including official documents, related publications, selected
reports and websites. |
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Issue Briefs
Review briefing papers on key issues written by experts from the Center
for Nonproliferation Studies with links to a range of expert views on
each topic. |
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CNS Nonproliferation Databases
Survey the nonproliferation databases, the most comprehensive open source data resources
in the world on nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, and missile
proliferation developments.
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Source Documents
Review these selected topical reports from leading nongovernmental
research organizations and governmental bodies. |
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Controlling Nuclear
Warheads and Materials
Examine overviews of the global threat posed by inadequately managed nuclear weapons and materials; what is being done now to address that threat; and what should be done to prevent nuclear terrorism from ever occurring. It includes budgetary and legislative summaries and technical background; descriptions of the global threats; and detailed information on cooperative efforts underway across the entire spectrum of controlling nuclear warheads and materials. This section features an interactive budget database with complete budgets for each threat reduction program from 1992 to the present. |
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updated February 13, 2007
In an
action plan released at the conclusion of the fifth round of the Six-Party
Talks held February 8 - 13, 2007 in Beijing, the government of North Korea
agreed to begin the process of nuclear disarmament in exchange for food, fuel,
and other aid.
According to the tentative agreement, which still must be approved by
the governments of China, Japan, Russia, the United States, and North
and South Korea, Pyongyang will shut down the
Yongbyon nuclear facility, discuss a list of nuclear programs that
are to be abandoned, and allow IAEA inspectors back into the country
within 60 days in exchange for emergency energy assistance equivalent to
50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil. During that same period, both Tokyo and
Washington will engage in bilateral talks with Pyongyang and the United
States will begin removing North Korea from its list of state sponsors
of terrorism and will advance the process of removing trade sanctions.
Pyongyang will receive the equivalent of an additional 950,000 tons
of heavy fuel oil in the next phase, which requires North Korea to
declare and disable all existing nuclear facilities. The parties will
discuss details of this phase in future talks.
The next round of Six-Party Talks is scheduled for March 19, 2007.
 This material is
produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not
necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents.
Copyright © 2007 by MIIS.
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