Research on the present assessment of health and environmental impact of the depleted uranium weapons and their international control.

我们研究了有关贫铀武器对健康和环境影响的最新科学知识，贫铀武器是一种“不分青红皂白的杀伤性武器”。我们还从社会学的角度讨论了在国际上控制贫铀武器的理由。结果主要体现在以下几点上。(1)我们支持来自伊拉克南部巴士拉的医生建立和改进该地区的癌症登记，并开展进一步的流行病学研究，那里多次使用贫铀武器。我们还讨论了该地区癌症的特点和趋势。(2)我们观察了联合国大会对贫铀武器决议的讨论，确认了联合国决议在实现武器国际控制进程中的重要性。(3)我们回顾了最近关于贫铀对健康影响的科学论文，并与国际社会广泛分享了这些信息。(4)我们研究了关于“预防原则”的报告和文件，特别是从裁军的角度，讨论了该原则在贫铀武器问题上的可能应用。

We studied the recent scientific knowledge of the health and environmental impact of depleted uranium (DU) weapons, one of the “weapons of indiscriminate destruction”. We also discussed the grounds for argument to internationally control the DU weapons from a sociological viewpoint. The results are on the following points. (1) We supported the medical doctors from Basrah, in the southern Iraq, where DU weapons were repeatedly used, to establish and improve the cancer registry in the region and to carry out further epidemiological study. We also discussed the characteristics and tendency of cancers in the region. (2) We observed the discussion for the resolutions on the DU weapons at the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) and confirmed the importance of the UN resolution in the process towards the international control of the weapons. (3) We reviewed the recent scientific papers on the health effects of DU and shared the information widely with the international communit(4) We studied the reports and documents on the “precautionary principle” especially from the viewpoint of disarmament and discussed the possible application of the principle on the issue of DU weapons.