New Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala visited Japan during the first week of August to help mark the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and meet with a wide range of Japanese policymakers and experts (Posted August 2008)
Photos
Article on Symposium "Promoting the Power of Citizens for Nuclear Abolition"
Video Message of Amb. Dhanapala

Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala Visits London: British Pugwash and SOAS Co-Host Public Events on Disarmament and a Possible WMDFZ in the Middle East (Posted July 2008)
Report by Poul-Erik Christiansen, CISD, SOAS and Sandra Ionno Butcher, London Pugwash Office
Transcript of the 3rd London Conference on the Middle East WMD Free Zone in pdf format
Transcript of Jayantha Dhanapala's Keynote Address, "The Urgency of Disarmament" in pdf format

Thinkers' Lodge named historic site, By Monica Graham, The Chronicle Herald Novia Scotia (Posted July 2008)

Pugwash, Parliamentarians and Political Will: Advancing the Agenda for Abolition, A Conference of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Hosted by the Middle Powers Initiatives and the Pugwash Peace Exchange, 10-12 July 2008, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada (Posted June 2008)
Placing Nova Scotia at centre of disarmament movement by Alexa McDonough, the NDP MP for Halifax, co-president of Parlimentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and adviser to the Pugwash Peace Exchange

Pugwash Urges Removal of All NATO Nuclear Weapons, Press Release, 27 June 2008 (Posted June 2008)

Giuseppe (Beppe) Nardulli, (1948-2008) (Posted June 2008)

"Let's Keep the Arctic Free of Nukes" by Jayantha Dhanapala, 21 March 2008, International Herald Tribune (Posted March 2008)
See also: "Toward Nuclear Abolishment: Negotiation for Nuclear Arms Reduction should move forward" (2.1 MB pdf), 17 March 2008, Asahi Shimbun, Op-Ed, p. 10, Jayantha Dhanapala. (Posted March 2008)
and see also: "From pie in the sky toward a nuke-free world" (84.8 KB pdf), 20 March 2008, The Asahi Shimbun, Op-Ed, p. 23, Jayantha Dhanapala. (Posted April 2008)

Commentary by R. Rajaramaran published in the Times of India (17 March 2008) - "A Nuclear Weapon Free World—A New Promise?" (Posted March 2008)

What Good Are These Things For? The Pragmatic Push to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, an audio interview with Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala interviewed by A World of Possibilities (Posted March 2008)

Appeals on Preserving the CFE Treaty (Posted April 2008)
Bring the Adapted CFE Treaty into Force - International Appeal - (20.6 KB pdf)
List of Signatories - 19 December 2007 - (43.2 KB pdf)
Revitalize the CFE Treaty Regime - Russian Academic and Public Leaders Appeal - (25.2 KB pdf)

News from the 57th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Bari, Italy, 21-26 October 2007 (Posted October 2007)
Statement of the Pugwash Council
Pugwash Secretary General Report
Preliminary Schedule/Agenda
Speeches
Student-Pugwash Report
UN Secretary General Greeting
Working Group Reports
Press Releases - Dhanapala Appointed President of the Pugwash Conferences and Sir Arthur C. Clarke sends Greeting to Pugwash

Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala: "I am deeply honored to assume the Presidency of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs in the 50th anniversary year of this great movement founded on the bedrock of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto."

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