International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation

Project history (until July 2001)

May 2000

Missile defense and space weaponization workshop at the NPT Review Conference in New York, co-organized by INESAP and attended by media and diplomats; exchange among NGOs on alternatives to missile defense

June 2000

First project planning at INES Conference in Stockholm

November 2000

Discussion of alternatives to missile defense and of a treaty to ban space weapons at scientific workshop in Göttingen/Germany on Nov. 4, 2000, co-sponsored by INESAP

February 2001

INESAP co-sponsored an international workshop on "National and Theater Missile Defenses after the US Elections" in Berlin convened by the Research Network "Preventive Arms Control" on February 14 - 16, 2001, with participation of politicians and journalists; preparatory discussion of the project

March 2001

Launch of "Moving Beyond Missile Defense" at a INESAP/NAPF workshop in Santa Barbara on March 19 - 21, 2001

March 2001

Launch of the German initiative and appeal "Raketen abrüsten statt abwehren" (Missile disarmament instead of missile defense)

April - June 2001

Results and minutes of Santa Barbara Workshop (see attached conclusions); email exchange in "Moving Beyond Missile Defense" discussion list

June/July 2001

Preparation of project schedule, Study Group concept, Shanghai workshop, funding proposals

March - July 2001

Collect articles related to workshop in Santa Barbara for publication in INESAP Information Bulletin #18

Planned activities (preliminary schedule)

The following schedule lists some of the planned activities of the first project phase which will end with the Berlin conference in summer 2001. Further project planning has yet to be detailed. The complete project is planned to take two years.

July - August 2001

Project presentation at 13th annual Summer Symposium on Science and World Affairs in Berlin; INESAP Information Bulletin #18; proposals for project funding

Sept. - Nov. 2001

Preparation and organization of Shanghai Workshop; prepare international Study Group and media work

October 2001

Participate in UN Disarmament Week Oct 11-19 in New York, in panels on nuclear and missile disarmament and on space weapons ban
Co-convene workshop in Germany on draft Treaty on the Limitation of the Military Use of Outer Space

Nov./Dec. 2001

Regional workshop in Shanghai (see attached draft program)
Planning and preparation of future activities

January - April 2002

INESAP Information Bulletin #19 with results from Shanghai workshop and Study Group
Informal meeting of project and Study Group coordinators
Prepare first Study Group report; publish Briefing Papers

April - June 2002

Participate in activities at NPT PrepCom
Organization of Berlin conference, with focus on Europe and Russia
Presentation of Study Group report, Briefing Papers, other publications; INESAP Bulletin #20