New: New York Times, April 15, 2008, Essay: Gauging a Collider's Odds of Creating a Black Hole, by Dennis Overbye (Posted April 2008)

New: Islam, Conflicts, Peace Mediation, 27-29 January, 2008, Kazan, Tartarstan, Russia (Posted April 2008)
Report by Mikhail Lebedev

New: Jayantha Dhanapala issues a statement on the passing of Sir Arthur Clarke (Posted March 2008)

New: "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)

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

New: 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)

New: 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."

Poles apart in the approach to nuclear weapons proliferation by Ramesh Thakur. (Posted October 2007)
See also: Canadian Pugwash Call for an Arctic Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone. (Posted August 2007)

Global Nuclear Experts Return to Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, for Historic Meeting, July 6-7, 2007. On July 6 and 7, the Nobel Prize-winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and the influential New York-based Middle Powers Initiative will bring together 25 scientists, diplomats and former military officers from 15 countries for a "Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament" strategy workshop. The meeting will be held near the Thinkers' Lodge, the site of the first meeting in 1957. (press release - 61.1 KB pdf — media kit - 2.5 MB pdf — workshop info - 8.6 MB pdf) (Posted June 2007)
Communique from the 50th Anniversary Workshop
Press Coverage
Photos
Participants
Papers
Speeches
Report

One of Canada's leading artists, Nova Scotia painter Tom Forrestall, commemorated the donation of Joseph Rotblat's Nobel Peace Medallion to the Pugwash Peace Exchange.

Nuclear non proliferation and disarmament, Paolo Cotta Ramusino, Secretary General of the Pugwash Conferences and Physics Department, Universita' degli Studi di Milano. (Also available in Arabic) (Posted June 2007)

Priorities in Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Comparing Approaches of Russia and the West, Moscow, Russia, 25-28-2007. (Posted June 2007)

Pugwash meeting in Vienna, "Preparing to Overcome the Crisis of Credibility" on 5 May 2007. (Posted May 2007)

Sen. Romeo Dallaire of Canada, Honorary Patron of the Pugwash Peace Exchange, gave a major speech on nuclear weapons in the Canadian Senate on April 17, 2007. Sen. Dallaire will be one of the featured speakers at the 50th anniversary Pugwash workshop in Pugwash, Nova Scotia in July 2007. (Posted April 2007)
To read text of the speech
Article in Canada's Embassy Magazine

US Pugwash and Student Pugwash USA Celebrate 50th Anniversary of the Pugwash Conferences, National Academy of Sciences Keck Center, Washington, DC, 12 April 2007; Keynote address by Dr. Richard L. Garwin (Posted April 2007)

Time to Talk: The Case for Diplomatic Solutions on Iran (Oxford Research Group, March 2007) Available in English (392 KB pdf), Arabic (141 KB pdf), and in Farsi (136 KB pdf) (Posted March 2007)

56th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs: A Region in Transition: Peace and Reform in the Middle East, held in Cairo, Egypt, 11-15 November 2006 (Posted November 2006, updated February 2007)

Council Statement (in English, Arabic & Farsi)
Pugwash Presidential Address (in English & Arabic - 322.8 KB pdf)
Photos
Conference Schedule/Working Groups
Participants
Working Group Reports (in English, Farsi & Arabic)
Report of International Student/Young Pugwash in English & Arabic
Papers

Escalation in the Middle East: a lasting damage to peace and democracy by Paolo Cotta-Ramusino Available in English (80.9 KB pdf), and Farsi (194.4 KB pdf) and Arabic (204 KB pdf) (Posted July & August 2006)

Statement of the Pugwash Council: The Middle East Conflict Available in English (10.7 KB pdf), Arabic (174 KB pdf), Farsi (165.2 KB pdf), and Spanish (15.6 KB pdf), 21 July 2006 (Posted July & August 2006)

Iran's Nuclear Energy Program: Policies and Prospects, 25 April 2006, Tehran, Iran; a Joint Conference of the Pugwash Conferences and the Center for Strategic Research, Tehran (Posted May 2006)

Pugwash Workshop on Prospects for Self-Governance in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Present Status of Cooperation and Communication across the Line of Control, 10-12 March 2006, Islamabad, Pakistan, including a meeting of conference participants with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf (Posted March 2006)

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