ABOUT US
Located in Paris, the French
Pugwash group was created in 1964 under the name Association
Française pour le Mouvement Pugwash. It is financed by
yearly dues from its members and it has received occasional donations
from foundations for specific workshops.
In the past, eminent members of the French scientific community have
participated in its activities, namely Nobel Prize winners Alfred Kastler,
André Lwoff and Georges Charpak, as well as Francis Perrin, Bernard
Gregory, André Lacassagne, Bertrand Goldschmidt, Louis Leprince-Ringuet,
and Herbert Marcovic. Distinguished members from the political and military
community have also played an active part, namely Jules Moch, Etienne
Bauer, Général Fricaud-Chagnaud, Léo Hamon, Jean
Klein, and Raymond Aubrac.
Today, members of the scientific community, including political and
military scientists, participate actively in the activities of the French
Pugwash group, which organises regular meetings and workshops. It also
hosts and participates in the meetings and workshops of Pugwash Conferences
on Science and World Affairs. In recent years, it has hosted the Pugwash
workshop on Conventional Forces in Europe (XI) (Paris, October 1991),
the Pugwash workshop on NATO Enlargement and Cost of European Security
(Paris, May 1998) and the Pugwash workshop on The
Prospects of Nuclear Energy (Paris, December 1998).
"Evening" meetings of the French Pugwash association are held
in Paris , usually on the premises of Ecole Normale Supérieure,
with a variety of distinguished guests. Topics encompass:
- classical Pugwash themes
on mass destruction weapons, or strategic confrontations, like the
future of nuclear weapons, with RL Garwin, the Pakistan bomb, with
Pervez Hoodbhoy, or Israel/Palestine/Jerusalem, with Jean-Christophe
Victor,
- timely debatess on world
issues and conflicts , e.g. Sustainable Development with Robert Lion,
follow up of the Johannesburg Conference by Michel Mousel, or "
Anatomy of September 11: violence religion and ethics" with JP
Dupuy
- or assessments of long
range developments, like the aftermath of Chernobyl, with R Masse,
or fight against corruption, with Jean-Claude Paye.
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