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“Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament”
The 50th Anniversary of the Pugwash Conferences 

5-7 July 2007, Pugwash, Nova Scotia 

Pugwash Conferences/Middle Powers Initiative

(download the workshop pdf - 8.6 MB)

 

Thursday, July 5
Participants arrive at Halifax airport during the day; transported to Pugwash
5:30 PM
Reception/Dinner
7:30 PM 
Public Lecture in Public School
“From Cyrus Eaton to Joseph Rotblat:  Creating the Path to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World.
Chairs: Douglas Roche and Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
Speakers/Dialogue: Sen. Romeo Dallaire, Jayantha Dhanapala, and Marian Hobbs
Friday, July 6
7:30 AM. Breakfast
9 AM – 12 PM
[coffee 10:30]
Plenary I - Disarmament: What the Nuclear Weapons States Should Do: Chair – Jeffrey Boutwell

* "Unequivocal Undertaking to Disarm" (2000)
* "Good Faith" Negotiations (NPT)
* Strategic and Substrategic Nuclear Weapons
* Implications of Not Following Through

Speakers: Steven Miller, Li Hua, Alexander Nikitin, Ramamurti Rajaraman

12 PM Lunch –
2:30-3:45 PM
Plenary II - Implementing Legal, Technical and Political Elements Towards a Nuclear Weapons-Free World: Chair – Steve Miller

* De-alerting (Bruce Blair)
* Verification of Nuclear activities and preserving non-proliferation (Tariq Rauf)

3:45 – 4:15 PM Coffee
4:15 – 5:30 PM
Plenary II (continued)

* CTBT, FMCT and other multilateral treaties (Ernie Regehr)
* Negative Security Assurances (Jonathan Granoff)

7 PM
Dinner:  Special Event arranged by Pugwash Peace Exchange at Fox Harbour Resort
Saturday, July 7
7:30 AM Breakfast
9 AM. – 10:30 AM
Plenary III – How Non-nuclear Weapons States Can Advance Nuclear Disarmament: Chair – Jonathan Granoff
Speakers:  Marian Hobbs, Miguel Marin-Bosch, Mohamed Shaker
10:30 – 11 AM Coffee
11 – 12:30 PM
Plenary IV - Nuclear weapons and the Exacerbation of Conflicts: The Case of the Middle East: Chair – Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
12:30 – 2 PM Lunch
2 – 3:30 PM
Plenary V - Towards a Nuclear Weapons Convention:
Building Political Will and Support:
Chair – Douglas Roche.
Speakers:  Jeffrey Boutwell, Jayantha Dhanapala
Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
3:30 PM Workshop Adjourns
3:30 – 4:45 PM Meeting of Pugwash Council members with Pugwash Peace Exchange and Pugwash Parks Commission
5 PM:
Dedication Ceremony for Pugwash Peace Exchange At Thinker’s Lodge:
Premier of Nova Scotia, Sen. Romeo Dallaire, Douglas Roche, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Stephen Leahey
6 PM: Reception
7 PM.
Public Dinner at Pugwash High School
Speakers: Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba and Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay
Sunday, July 8
7:30 AM. Breakfast
Departure of International Participants