Disarmament and Conflict Prevention: A Civil Society Perspective

Working Paper 2006/2

Akira Kawasaki

Northeast Asia is the only region in the world in which state-level Cold War structures remain intact. The nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula confronts the region with a fundamental challenge: to dismantle those structures. NGOs working for peace in the region have proposed various policy changes for denuclearization, disarmament, confidence building and conflict prevention. By reviewing such efforts, including those made through such processes as the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and NGO involvement in preparation for the UN Millennium+5 Summit, the paper aims at surveying civil society initiatives to achieve a mechanism for sustainable peace in Northeast Asia, and more broadly in the Asia Pacific region.

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