Abstract
Preventive diplomacy efforts relating to threats from climate change, weapons of mass destruction; and terrorism are explored in this chapter. It highlights normative frameworks that have been established in key areas. Nevertheless, compliance with them has not been straightforward and requires persistent efforts. It notes a regression when it comes to the control of nuclear weapons proliferation.
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UN News (2018).
- 2.
The Economist (2019), pp. 15–16.
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UN (2015) Climate Change.
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United Nations (2019a).
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Security Council Report (2017).
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Kane (2014), pp. 3–4, and 9.
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See CTBTO (2018a).
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See CTBTO (2018b).
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See Arms Control Association (2019).
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UNODA (2019).
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Ibid.
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United Nations (2006).
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Ibid.
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United Nations (2015), para. 61.
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This summary is taken from the UN website, loc. cit. above.
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Resolution 1624 (2005) dealt with incitement to commit acts of terrorism and called on UN Member States to prohibit incitement by law, prevent such conduct and deny safe haven to anyone ‘with respect to whom there is credible and relevant information giving serious reasons for considering that they have been guilty of such conduct.’
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United Nations (2019b), http://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc.
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See United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) (2011).
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Ramcharan, B., Ramcharan, R. (2020). Climate Change, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism. In: Conflict Prevention in the UN´s Agenda 2030. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36510-3_3
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