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Overstating the case: an analysis of the utility of depleted uranium in kinetic energy penetrators
A discussion paper analysing claims by the users of depleted uranium munitions that their military effectiveness overules considerations of their health and environmental impact under international law. -
Vacancy: Paid Internship
ICBUW is seeking an energetic and committed intern to help support two strands of our research and advocacy work for six months. -
Swedish campaigners focus on new UN resolution on depleted uranium
Campaigners and parliamentarians in Sweden will be urging their government to move from an abstention on this October’s UN First Committee vote. -
Toxic Remnants of War Project Launched
A research project seeking to assess the health and environmental impact of toxic substances released during military activities has been launched by the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) and IKV Pax Christi. -
Iraq congenital birth defect survey to begin in April
The World Health Organisation and the Iraqi Ministry of Health are set to begin work on a pilot assessment of congenital birth defects in six Iraqi governorates.
Cadu News 4 - Autumn 2000
Iraq: DU clean up cost $375b
Full cost of environmental clean up of Gulf War DU shells according to Iraqi spokespersons.Over 100 Puerto Ricans Jailed
Arrests follow peaceful demonstration against Vieques rangeAction at Featherstone
Peace walk takes a diversion to the British Aerospace Royal Ordnance factoryUS Veterans to go to Iraq to rebuild water-treatment facilities
Veterans for peace will help rebuild water treatment facilities destroyed by U.S. and British bombers, or rendered inoperable by sanctions.Video Games and DU
Armando Cossutta questions the European Question on the suitability of the inclusion of DU in a video gameDU: nine parliamentary questions at EU Parliament
Between 28 July 1999 and 11 May 2000, nine parliamentary questions were posed to the European Parliament on the issue of DU weaponsDU Prisoners
'Plowshares vs. Depleted Uranium' activists in prison in the US following direct action on US planesSummary of FR Yugoslavia Report entitled 'The Consequences of NATO Bombing for the Environment in FR Yugoslavia'
Published earlier this year by the Yugoslav Federal Ministry for Development, Science and the Environment, this is a summary of the chapter dealing with DU.DU on Scrap Heaps
Fifty tonnes of DU from aircraft and hospitals unmonitored in scrap yards, according to reportUranium Encapsulation Process Receives Patent
Will new patent be used as an fig leaf for further DU use?Tests Could Show Gulf Veterans Have DU Poisoning
Conference told that veterans test positive for DU, and suffer health problems
