Membership is open to any person wishing to join. This can be done through the mail, by fax, or on the internet by subscribing to the e-mail discussion list. Location End the Arms Race , a peace group in Vancouver, Canada, has very generously offered use of its mailing address and office. In June, the INDG s Internet e-mail list was established. The moderated list has 145 members in 21 countries worldwide.
Members receive six to ten messages per week of articles, bulletins and notices.
Recent postings have included information on the activities of weapons corporations such as Lockheed Martin and BAe Systems, the increased use of mercenaries by corporations, the corporate beneficiaries of Ballistic Missile Defence, reports on the WTO and events in Seattle. In September, the INDG participated with other members of civil society at the founding meeting of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace in Bangladesh. Parliamentarians and NGOs from 30 countries received information on the relationship between peace and globalization. The International Network on Disarmament and Globalization co-sponsored the public forum The WTO and the Global War System in Seattle on November 28th as part of civil society activities around the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization. The forum was also sponsored by peace groups in Canada and the US, as well as the Abolition 2000 Working Group on Corporate Issues.