Documentation

Global agreements

1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (APM Convention)
1980 Certain Conventional Weapons Convention (CCW, pdf 38K)
2003 CCW Protocol V: Explosive Remnants of War
2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions

European agreements

The Adapted Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (Adapted CFE Treaty, pdf 138K)
Implementation of the CFE Treaty - Weapons holdings and ceilings
The Vienna Document 1999 on Confidence and Security-Building Measures (VD99)

Sub-regional agreements

1996 Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control concerning Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Bosnia and Herzegovina and its entities the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, and Croatia ('Florence Agreement', pdf 63K)

For further information regarding arms control documents, see:

Josef Goldblat, Arms Control: The New Guide to Negotiations and Agreements, 2nd ed. PRIO/SIPRI, SAGE: 2002 (summary and ordering information)

Regional and Global Security

EU-27 Watch, No. 9 is released!: The EU-27 Watch, No. 9 gives an overview on current national debates on European policy in the 27 EU member states and the four candidate countries. Topics discussed are implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy, the financial crisis and economic policy, and climate and energy policy. See also www.eu-27Watch.org.

New MERCURY publications

In January 2011, MERCURY issued a revised version of E-paper no. 1, “Conceptualising Multilateralism: Can We All Just Get Along?" Authors are Caroline Bouchard and John Peterson. To read the paper, please click here.

In December 2010, MERCURY issued E-paper no. 8, “The EU-China Partnership on Climate Change: Bilateralism Begetting Multilateralism in Promoting a Climate Change Regime?" Author is Giulia Romano. To read the paper, please click here.

In December 2010, MERCURY issued E-paper no. 7, “Cooperation in the North – Multilateralism or Mess?” Author is Gunilla Herolf. To read the paper, please click here.

In December 2010, MERCURY has issued its second Policy Brief. The two-page Policy Brief summarises main findings regarding the conceptual and institutional basis of EU multilateralism. To read more, please click here.

Commission President Barroso meets MERCURY: On 19 June 2010 Commission President Barroso participated in a seminar at EUI in Florence on "What Should the EU Agenda for Global Governance Be?". MERCURY was represented by Prof. Christopher Hill and Prof. Wolfgang Wessels. For more information, please see here.