Environmental Modification Techniques: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ... May 10, 1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - 41 pagini |
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Administration Admiral Davies Admiral Welch advice and consent agreement Alva Myrdal areas arms control Article Assembly assessment BARNES CCD/PV Chairman CLAIBORNE PELL Committee on Disarmament CONGRES HE LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Control and Disarmament Convention undertakes conventional weapons cross the threshold damage or injury defoliation Department Disarmament Agency draft convention eliminate the threshold ENMOD convention ENMOD treaty ENMOD warfare entered into force environment Environmental Modification Convention environmental modification techniques environmental warfare Executive Branch Foreign Relations Fred Ikle hearing herbicides hostile purposes Joint Chiefs language LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY THE LIBRARY limited long-lasting or severe ment negotiations October parties peaceful Pickering prepared statement Prohibition of Military proposed rainmaking review conference Secretary Secretary-General Security Council Senate Resolution Senator PELL severe effects significant Soviet Union square kilometers statement of understanding superpowers Thank threshold requirement tion U.S. Government UN General Assembly UN Secretary-General United Nations Vance widespread
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Pagina 17 - Article I 1. Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to engage in military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, longlasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury to any other State Party.
Pagina 17 - widespread", "long-lasting" and "severe" shall be interpreted as follows: (a) "widespread": encompassing an area on the scale of several hundred square kilometres; (b) "long-lasting": lasting for a period of months, or approximately a season; (c) "severe": involving serious or significant disruption or harm to human life, natural and economic resources or other assets.
Pagina 28 - PROHIBITION OF ACTION TO INFLUENCE THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE FOR MILITARY AND OTHER PURPOSES INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, HUMAN WELL-BEING AND...
Pagina 29 - environmental modification techniques' refers to any technique for changing - through the deliberate manipulation of natural processes - the dynamics, composition or structure of the earth, including its biota, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, or of outer space.
Pagina 8 - It is the understanding of the Committee that a proposal to amend' the Convention may also be considered at any conference of Parties held pursuant to article VIII. It is further understood that any proposed amendment that is intended for such consideration should, if possible, be submitted to the Depositary no less than 90 days before the commencement of the conference.
Pagina 29 - Convention: earthquakes: tsunamis; an upset in the ecological balance of a region; changes in weather patterns (clouds, precipitation, cyclones of various types and tornadic storms); changes in climate patterns; changes in ocean currents; changes in the state of the ozone layer and changes in the state of the ionosphere.
Pagina 39 - Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, Noting further that the Convention is intended to prohibit effectively military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques in order to eliminate the dangers to mankind from such use, Bearing in mind that draft agreements on disarmament and arms control measures submitted to the General Assembly by the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament should be the result of a process of effective negotiations,...
Pagina 5 - Branch on the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, which has been submitted by the Administration to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification.
Pagina 15 - understanding" is often used to designate a statement when it is not intended to modify or limit any of the provisions of the treaty in its international operation but is intended merely to clarify or explain or to deal with some matter incidental to the operation of the treaty in a manner other than as a substantive reservation. The terms "declaration
Pagina 33 - encompassing an area on the scale of several hundred square kilometers"; "long-lasting" is defined as "lasting for a period of months, or approximately a season"; and "severe...