VERTIC: Links

Links

The websites listed below provide further information and analysis on verification and monitoring in a variety of fields. In addition there are links to sites that provide information on the subjects of arms control and disarmament, the environment and peace agreements generally. The list is intended to serve as a starting point for research, rather than being a comprehensive bibliography of verification websites.

Please note that VERTIC is not responsible for the content of the websites listed below and does not necessarily endorse any views expressed therein.

The Verification Organisations Directory will soon be online in the datasets section of this website. It will provide key contact information for organisations concerned with arms control and disarmament. Users will be able to search for entries by country, type of organisation (international, national, non-governmental or academic) and area of concern (nuclear, biological or chemical weapons).

Verification
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
Bochum Verification Project, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)
Bureau of Verification and Compliance, US Department of State
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (VERIFIN)
Greenhouse Gas Technology Verification Center
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
Independent Commission on the Verifiability of the CTBT
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Japanese Translation of the Final Report of the Independent Commission on the Verifiability of the CTBT
Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Engineering (R&E) program, US Department of Energy
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Prototype International Data Centre (PIDC)
TRAFFIC
US National Data Center, Air Force Technical Applications Center (NDC AFTAC)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)

Research organisations
Berlin Information Centre for Transatlantic Security (BITS)
Brookings Institution
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
Carnegie Moscow Center
Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)
Center for Policy Studies (PIR)
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) of the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Centre for Defense Information (CDI)
Centre for Defence and International Security Studies (CDISS)
Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)
Fourth Freedom Forum
FirstWatch International (FWI)
Gulf Research Center
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Henry L. Stimson Center
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development
Peace Research Institute - Frankfurt (PRIF)
Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PPNN)
RAND Corporation
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Arms control and disarmament
2005 Campaign to Strengthen the NPT
Acronym Institute
Arms Control Association
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
Council for a Livable World
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA)
Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS)
Natural Resources Defense Council
NGO Committee on Disarmament
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Reaching Critical Will
Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council (RANSAC)
Saferworld
The Markland Group for the Integrity of Disarmament Treaties
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA)
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Programme
World Court Project UK

Chemical and biological weapons
BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP)
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI)
Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center
GeneWatch
Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation
Interpol / O.I.P.C Bio Terrorism Prevention Programme
OECD International Futures Programme
Project on Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Bradford University
SIPRI Chemical and Biological Warfare Project
UN Office at Geneva Biological Weapons Convention website
Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weaponds, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Environment
Center for Clean Air Policy
Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Climate Action Network
Climate Network Europe
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
European Environment Agency
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)
Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC)
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Peace Agreement
European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU)
International Peace Academy (IPA)
Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre
Organization for Cooperation & Security in Europe (OSCE)
Peace Direct
UN Department of Peacekeeping (UNDPKO)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

Landmines
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Landmine Action
Landmine Monitor
Mines Advisory Group
Safelane
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)

Government laboratories
Blacknest Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)
Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Sandia National Laboratories
Swedish Defense Research Agency

Reference material
Climate Ark Portal
Environmental Data Services (ENDS) Daily
Global Beat
Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE)
International Relations and Security Network
IISD Reporting Services (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Center for Non-proliferation Studies-Learning Resources
Nuclear Threat Initiative-Learn More Section
Resources for the Future
SIPRI CBW Non-proliferation educational module
United Nations Wire
World Factbook
Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development