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Mahmoud Al-Zahar, Matthias Mossberg, Taghreed El-Khodary
NEW Gaza, 2-5 February 2012, “The Future of Gaza in a Changing Middle East.” This report summarizes prospects for Gaza in light of the “Arab Spring” and increasing threats of a regional war. It is based on a visit of an international delegation, with a central focus on a two-day workshop and a series of private meetings involving key local leaders.
NEW Washington, DC, 23 February 2012. “Prospects for Diplomacy with Iran,”As the drumbeats for possible military action increase, this meeting explored possible technical and diplomatic solutions to the crisis over the Iranian nuclear program.
Amb. Svein Sevje, Norway’s ambassador to Israel, provides opening remarks.
NEW Herzliya, Israel, 6 January 2012, “Roundtable on the Nuclear Program of Iran.” Participants explored the development of Iran’s nuclear program, its impact on Israel’s security, increasing threats of a possible military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, and prospects for a negotiated settlement.
Participants included Dr. Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (3rd from the right), who has since been arrested by Israeli authorities and is being held in administrative detention without trial.
NEW Ramallah, Palestine, 7 January 2012, “Iran, the Arab Spring and Palestine.” Participants explored the nuclear file of Iran, the dangers posed by possible future military action against Iranian nuclear facilities, reconciliation efforts among Palestinian parties and current strategies emphasizing non-violent approaches.
Dr. Essam El-Erian, Vice President, Freedom and Justice Party and Muslim Brotherhood (left), and Gen. Sameh Seif Elyazal (right)
Cairo, 30-31 October 2011. Pugwash and Al-Ahram Center convene a groundbreaking workshop on “Democratic Developments and Regional Security in the Middle East” involving presidential candidates and key political, military and legal experts from all sides.
Former Deputy Director General of the IAEA, Dr Olli Heinonen, Harvard; Dr. Barbara Zanchetta, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, and Dr. Seyed Rasoul Mousavi, Ambassador of Iranian Republic to Finland. Huhtaniemi.
Helsinki, 18 November 2011. Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Senior Program Coordinator Sandy Butcher participate in symposium on “First steps of a Nuclear Dialogue in the Middle East”, organized by Finnish Pugwash Committee, in cooperation with Eric Castrèn Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Peace Union of Finland and Finnish Peace Committee. UN Under-Secretary Amb. Sergio Duarte was a special guest.
Cairo Consultations, 13-14 August 2011. Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino held a series of Representatives of the Islamic Movements (Harakat Islamiya)
Amb. J. Issacharoff, Prof. G. Golan-Gild, Prof. D. Menashri
Pugwash Workshop Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, 20-21 May 2011, Tel Aviv, Israel
Participants in May 2011 Islamabad meetings
Visit of Indian Parliamentarians, Islamabad, 26-27 May 2011
Composite Report of the Pugwash India-Pakistan Independent Commission Dubai Meeting and Delhi Consultations, Dubai 26-27 February 2011 and Delhi 1-2 March 2011
Pugwash sends best wishes to Amb. Sherry Rehman the new ambassador of Pakistan to the USA, seen here (2nd from right) in a March 2011 meeting in Delhi with Nasim Zehra (Dunya TV), Lt. Gen. (ret.) Talat Masood, Indian Vice President Hon. Hamid Ansari
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Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General
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NEW Correspondence regarding Iranian nuclear scientists
NEW “The Iranian Nuclear Controversy: Escaping the Winds of War,” by Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, February 2012
"COMMENT ON IRAN-WEST RELATIONS,"
19 December 2011, by Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General and Jayantha Dhanapala, President
NEW Recommendations of the Steering Committee of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions for the Seventh Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
NEW 33rd Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions: Achieving Realistic Decisions at the Seventh BWC Review Conference in 2011. Geneva, Switzerland, 3-4 December 2011
Finnish Under Secretary of State Amb. Jaakko Laajava, facilitator for the 2012 Middle East WMD Free Zone Conference, and his team received Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Senior Program Coordinator Sandra Butcher, 18 November 2011. Butcher met 8 November in London with Finnish Foreign Secretary Erkki Tuomioja and Finnish Ambassador to the UK Pekka Huhtaniemi. Cotta-Ramusino and Butcher participate in other WMD Free Zone meetings in Brussels, Como, London.
- Pugwash Memo - Toward a Conference on a NW or WMD Free Zone in the Middle East, some points for consideration, 26 September 2011
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Akbar Salehi receives Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Pugwash Council Member Amb. Sergey Batsanov, Tehran, June 2011.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr. Nabil Al-Araby received Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino on 24 March 2011. They discussed the situation in the Middle East and steps toward elimination of WMD in the region. More information is available here.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister S. Ryabkov, Pugwash President J. Dhanapala, US Under Secretary E. Tauscher
The 59th Pugwash Conference, European Contributions to Nuclear Disarmament & Conflict Resolution, took place at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, 1-4 July 2011. 350 people from 43 countries participated, including high level panels on topics ranging from the Middle East to South Asia to Fukushima.
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