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INES Chair: Prof. Armin Tenner   

CONTENTS of WNII No. 35/2000

• Membership and Projects' News:
  • Vacant position for the INESAP Coordinator
  • "Precision Guided Weapons and Strategic Balance"
• Sustainable Development:
  • New UNEP Manual on Environmental Accounting
• Briefings:
  • Removing military weapons from civilian hands
• Conferences, Meetings, Seminars:
  • Working Conference on Security and Control of IT in Society II (SCITS-II)
  • International Student Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict
• INES Web- and Email Service

MEMBERSHIP AND PROJECTS' NEWS

Vacant position for the INESAP Coordinator  

• Position description: 
  • Title: INESAP Coordinator 
  • Duration: 2 years (extendable) 
  • Location: Darmstadt, c/o IANUS, Darmstadt University of Technology 
  • Entry Date: February or March 2001  
  • Part time: 20 - 30 hours per week (with an option of later increase to  full time) 
  • Salary: 1/2 to 3/4 according to German salary scale BAT 2a (about 3.500   - 5.500 DM gross per month)
  • Probation period: 6 months  
  • Duties:  Work under the guidance of the INESAP Coordinating Committee, the Editor of the INESAP Information Bulletin, the scientific director of IANUS,  and in collaboration with the chairman and the executive director of  INES (International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global  Responsibility):  
    • 1. Maintaining the Network  
    • 2. Coordination of INESAP Projects 
    • 3. Support Editing of INESAP Publications  
    • 4. Management of Outreach 
    • 5. Representation of INESAP at UN and to international policy 
    • 6. Networking with International NGO Coalitions 
    • 7. Fundraising/Accountancy  
• It is required or would be of advantage if candidates have
  • proficiency in English 
  • experience with international non-governmental organisations 
  • experience with publishing, editing and fund raising 
  • basic knowledge in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament 
  • academic background (applicants with a degree) 
  • readiness to work in Darmstadt  
  • communicative ability to work with a team spread over the world 
  • creative capability to initiate, implement and coordinate projects  
• Application procedure:  Applications should be submitted by 1 December 2000 to  INESAP, c/o IANUS, Dr J. Scheffran, Hochschulstr. 10, D-64289 Darmstadt,  Germany.   Questions can be directed by phone under   or e-mail:   

The International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against  Proliferation (INESAP) is working in the field of non-proliferation and disarmament of weapons of mass destruction and its systems of delivery.  INESAP was founded in 1993 and its central node is located in Darmstadt,  Germany. This position has been made possible by funds granted by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. For more information on INESAP please   refer to http://www.inesap.org 

"Precision Guided Weapons and Strategic Balance"  

In November the Russian INES member organisation Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at the Moscow Institute of  Physics and Technology has published a new report "Precision Guided  Weapons and Strategic Balance" (in Russian), by Eugene Miasnikov. The  report is addressed to a broad audience - political scientists,  military, technical and arms control experts, diplomats and general  public, interested in problems of international security.   To obtain the report please contact:  

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

New UNEP Manual on Environmental Accounting   [Source: UNEP Information Note 2000/55]  

Recognizing the strong interlinkages between every country's environmental and economic performance, the United Nations Environment  Programme (UNEP) has recently published "The Integrated Environmental  and Economic Accounting Operational Manual" for use at the national  level.   The Manual addresses the environmental concerns of both industrialized  and developing countries. It is a supplement to the United Nations  handbook entitled "Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting",  which was produced by the United Nations Statistics Division in 1993 in  response to Agenda 21.   Produced by the Economics and Trade Unit of UNEP's Division of  Technology, Industry and Economics, the Manual contains six chapters:  

• Chapter I describes the uses of integrated environmental and   economic accounting in policy- and decision-making. 
• Chapter II provides an overview of the concepts used in the SEEA. 
• Chapter III translates the generic concepts set out in the preceding  chapter into a step-by-step implementation process.
• Chapter IV elaborates on sectoral accounts for forests, subsoil   assets, fish, soil and air emissions. 
• Chapter V discusses how information from integrated accounting can  be applied in economic and environmental policies.  
• Chapter VI deals with the necessary institutional arrangements for  implementing and maintaining the SEEA at the national level.  

For information on how to obtain a copy of the Manual, please contact  Beth Peoch, Economics and Trade Unit, UNEP:    http://www.unep.ch/etu   

BRIEFINGS

Removing military weapons from civilian hands  

This is the title of a draft discussion paper circulated for comment.  The authors are Christophe Carle and Dr Patricia Lewis, Director of the  UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).

The following is from  the paper's introduction:   Over the recent months, a momentum has begun to build around the idea of  focusing a world-wide campaign against the prime types of weapons that are killing and maiming people in conflict and post-conflict regions.  This embryonic campaign, now a collaboration between governments, NGOs  and IGOs, is exciting because it stems more from the humanitarian action and health communities than it does from the disarmament sector. The   focus of the campaign is on what is needed rather than what is thought  to be politically possible.   We have written this discussion paper in order to assist and the growing  debate on military-style weapons. There is a strong urgency associated  with this process. While we dither people are dying and being in injured  in large numbers. Societies are being destroyed and futures are being  ruined. We realise that a serious campaign could well use the 2001 small  arms conference as its springboard and urge that action is taken before  then to ensure maximum support for this process.   This draft paper is intended for researchers and policy-formers working  in the fields of conflict prevention resolution, humanitarian aid,  refugee aid, emergency health, disaster prevention, development,   post-conflict building, arms control and so on. We hope that it will stimulate discussion and we would like feedback before 31 November 2000.   Please feel free to circulate this paper on an informal basis, but  please do not cite it in its draft form or quote from it as it now  stands. We think it likely that the paper will be extensively modified  before it is published and we look forward to receiving your comments   You can obtain the paper from:  Dr Patricia Lewis:   Christophe Carle:      or from the WNII editor 

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, SEMINARS

Working Conference on Security and Control of IT in Society II  (SCITS-II)  http://www.conference.sk/ifip/

• Date: 15-16 June 2001 
• Venue: Bratislava, Slovakia 
• Organized by the International Federation for Information Processing  (IFIP) Working Group 9.6/11.7 (IT Misuse and the Law), the Department of  Computer Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, and the Slovak  Society for Computer Science  

For more details, contact Prof. Dr. Simone Fischer-Hübner, Karlstad  University Sweden:     

International Student Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict  http://www.iimcr.org/symposium/symposium.html

• Date: 21 July-18 August 2001 
• Venue: The Netherlands 
• Organized by the Institute for International Mediation and Conflict  Resolution in conjunction with Erasmus University Rotterdam  
• The objectives of the symposium are to offer participants the  following opportunities: 
  • 1) to understand the phenomenon of deadly conflict and to examine the  resources that exist to undertake action against it in all levels of  society. 
  • 2) to develop understandings of ways and skills to prevent or confront  conflict. 
  • 3) to bridge the gap between theory and practice. 
  • 4) to learn about other views and cultures from peers and guests. 
  • 5) a forum for career guidance as well as an opportunity to network with  others who share common ground. 
  • 6) encouragement and assistance in putting the skills learned into  practice. 
  • 7) to promote the spread of these activities in the participants home  environments. 
  • 8) to develop an international network of young conflict management  professionals and volunteers.  

  For more details,  mailto:  

INES WEB AND E-MAIL SERVICE

No new or changed email or web addresses in  this issue.  All INES e-mail addresses and homepages are available upon request from:  

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