This fact sheet looks at Thales and its role in arms production globally and as one of Australia's largest weapons manufacturers; with a particular focus on the health effects of small arms. It was prepared by Dale Hess and is No 12 in a series on the global weapons trade.

This fact sheet looks at BAE Systems and its role in arms production globally and in Australia. It particularly looks at allegations of corruption in arms trading. It was prepared by Dale Hess and is No 10 in a series on the global weapons trade.

This fact sheet looks Boeing and its role in arms production  and in particular Boeing's role in missile defence. It was prepared by Dale Hess and is No 9 in a series on the global weapons trade.

This fact sheet looks at Lockheed Martin and its role in arms production globally and in Australia; including their role in producing cluster bombs. It was prepared by Dale Hess and is No 8 in a series on the global weapons trade.

ICANi submission to the 2008 Defence White Paper. This paper argues that Australia must work consistently for nuclear abolition through a nuclear weapons convention;  and adopt a nuclear weapon free defence posture.

Submission prepared by MAPW President Sue Wareham to the Defence White Paper, covering issues raised by Dr Wareham during the community consultation around the Defence Department's discussion paper, Key Questions for Defence in the 21st Century. MAPW recommendations include strengthening the United Nations and international law; adopting a truly defensive (rather than offensive) policy; recognising global poverty and climate change as major security threats; and withdrawing from participation in nuclear-war related activities.

The Asia-Pacific region is the fastest growing market for armaments in the world. This fact sheet describes the connection between conflict in the region, and Australia's past arms exports. It is No 2 in a series on the global weapons trade.

War and preparations for war have a devastating impact on the environment. Pollutants, depleted uranium, landmines and unexploded ordnance, and intentional environmental vandalism are major problems. Water, the use of fossil fuels, and carbon emissions are three other issues outlined in this fact sheet: No 6 in a series on the global weapons trade.

In August 2008, an arms fair planned for Adelaide, South Australia, was cancelled after public protest and a growing campaign to protest at the fair. Three weeks later, an arms fair planned for Ottawa in Canada was cancelled after a public campaign. This fact sheet is No 5 in a series on the global arms trade, and looks at the role of these weapons trade fairs.

This fact sheet looks at military budgets, major arms exporting countries, and the comparative costs of human health and welfare. It is No 4 in a series on the global weapons trade.

There are around 875 million small arms in the world. Guns injure over a million people every year, and kill 300,000. This fact sheet outlines the problem. It is No 3 in a series on the global weapons trade.

Although small by world standards, Australia has a significant industry involved in the manufacture and sales of armaments and military equipment. This fact sheet describes Australia's arms earnings and arms exports, and is No 1 in a series on the global weapons trade.

Flyer for Victorian Branch MAPW meeting, October 14 2008. Speakers: Dr Melanie Archer, who worked as a forensic entomologist assisting with autopsies in the Solomon Islands; and Dr Mark Zirnsak, on the human rights impacts of the global arms trade.

This statement opposing the Asia Pacific Defence and Security Exhibition - and arms fair to be held in Adelaide, South Australia in November 2008 - has been drafted by the Stop the War Fair coalition. Groups and individuals supporting the statement are now adding their names, with a launch planned for late September.

• Please email mapw [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au to confirm that you or your organisation will add its name.

Address to the conference "Imagining the Real : Life on a Greenhouse Earth" held at ANU, Canberra in June 2008. Dr Wareham presented some reasons that nuclear power is not the solution to climate change; and emphasised a second inconvenient truth . . . 26,000 nuclear weapons, which must be abolished. Dr Sue Wareham OAM is President of MAPW. 

The Asia Pacific Defence and Security Exhibition (APDSE) is an arms fair. It will be held in Adelaide from 11-13 November 2008. It provides military companies from all over the world with an opportunity to display and sell their latest war fighting machinery. It opens, inappropriately, on Remembrance Day. This introductory flyer sets out some basic facts.

In Dublin between 19 May and 28 May, 110 governments negotiated a new international treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, that will ban cluster munitions that “cause unacceptable harm to civilians”. The treaty bans all the cluster munitions that have been extensively used. This article by Dr Mark Zirnsak, National Coordinator for the Australian Network to Ban Landmines, analyses the outcome, and the Australian government's role.

Flyer for a public meeting on Friday 13 June 2008, at Belgrave, in Melbourne's outer east, on US bases, indigenous self-determination and Australia's links to regional militarisation. Speakers are two indigenous Chamoru activists campaigning against US plans to move thousands of marines from Okinawa to Guam.

MAPW was invited to speak at Melbourne's Alternative Anzac Day commemoration on 25 April 2008. Nancy Atkin read a message from IPPNWi Turkey and a poem from David Menkes of IPPNW New Zealand; and commented briefly on the rapidly escalating human costs of war, over the last 100 years.

An international treaty to ban cluster bombs will be negotiated in Dublin on 19 – 30 May 2008. Australia is among a group of countries seeking to "water down" this important treaty in several significant ways. This Uniting Church resource is to assist people to write to the government urging support for the full treaty. It contains further details on the process, suggested points for a letter, and the relevant addresses.

MAPW member Dr W.M.Castleden is Chair of Doctors for the Environment. His submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review discussed the carbon emissions of the military, and suggested that reducing defence budgets and promoting peaceable co-existence should form part of the global response to climate change. (This two-page document contains the relevant portions).

Flyer for alternative Anzac Day gathering, Friday morning 25 April in East Melbourne. Brief presentations followed by light lunch.

MAPW's submission to the Australian Government’s 2020 summit, in April 2009, was prepared by MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham. It discusses three areas of concern: nuclear weapons; war as a response to terrorism; and our future security.

Doctors for Iraq Press Release, Baghdad, 14 April 2008

Doctors for Iraq has received reports from the Imam Ali hospital in Sadar City, Baghdad, of dozens of civilian casualties following US military air strikes on the densely populated neighbourhood east of Baghdad.

Paper from IPPNWi XIIIth World Congress 1998

1996 Nobel Peace prize Co-Laureate Jose Ramos Horta presents several key issues including human rights, justice, reconciliation and peace, in relation to East Timor "as a footnote of the Cold War" from its invasion in 1975 by Indonesia.

Necdet Ipekyuz of the Turkish Medical Association outlines the fundamental issue that regions "where armed conflict is ongoing receives assistance in the form of health, educational equipment, food and clothing from various NGOi's. There isn't enough effort being put into practice in bringing about a peaceful solution to the armed conflict". A paper presented at the IPPNWi World Congress, 1998.

Ullrich Gottstein's slide presentation demonstrates the vast impacts on the Iraqi people after 1990, including issues of food, education, casualties and more. He visited Iraq in 1998.

A report on the impacts on children used in armed conflict world wide, by Henrik Häggström of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.

Dr Frank Barnaby outlines the categories of radioactive wastes, the need for a policy on disposal and management of plutonium and its inherent nuclear weapons proliferation aspects. Paper presented at the 2000 MAPW National Conference.

Nobel Peace Laureates’ committment for peace, justice and the elimination of all nuclear weapons, signed in Oslo, December 10, 2001.

This report prepared by Friends of the Earth (FoEi)  and supported by MAPW and other groups critiques the argument that nuclear power is a solution to climate change, and documents its hazards for security, the environment and human health. (Summary: full report available at FoE website).

This 2007 MAPW report was written by MAPW doctors Hadia Mukhtar and Sue Wareham, with Phillip Salem from Australians for Lebanon. It documents the terrible legacy of cluster bombs in southern Lebanon as a result of the 2006 war, and makes recommendations for Australian action both to assist the survivors, and to prevent the use of these weapons in the future.

This 2004 report by MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham argues that the health and welfare of Australians have been sacrificed by policies that confuse security with military power, and divert funding from health care to killing. It compares in detail the Australian budget for military and other needs.

This MAPW poster was made using the Michael Leunig cartoon. We are grateful for the artist's generous permission.

Dr Rae-Wen Chang's 2007 paper discusses effects of recent conflicts on the health of the Iraqi population. A well referenced and comprehensive overview. Recommended reading.

Dr Ronald McCoy summarises Twentieth Century conflict, including the need for nuclear disarmament, the role of the UNi and International Law, and the causes for hope for our future, concluding with our need to "be committed to a culture of non-violence and the sanctity of life". Paper presented at the 1998 IPPNWi Congress.