As the Soviet Union transitioned from Communism, the 1991 PGA Annual Report considers a year of positive collective action. Parliamentarians for Global Action succeeded in bringing together the parties of the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTB1). One hundred States parties met for two weeks - during the first Gulf War - to consider a Treaty amendment proposal, which PGA had drafted and which six nations had proposed, to extend the partial ban to cover all nuclear testing.
Major strides were made in nuclear disarmament with the signing of the START Accord to cut strategic arsenals and the subsequent Bush/Gorbachev announcements to take selected strategic forces off alert and withdraw all land and sea-based tactical nuclear weapons. The accession to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, completed or announced, of China, France, South Africa and a number of other States has strengthened the non-proliferation regime.
But a new concern over "unofficial nuclear proliferation" through the possible dispersal of Soviet technology and expertise exemplifies the dangers and challenges which nuclear knowledge continues to pose.
Among the other subjects discussed, this annual report also covers meetings on collective security, International Law and Global Institutions, and previews the 1992 Earth Summit.
