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THE officers of Pugwash include its President, Mr. Jayantha Dhanpala of Sri Lanka, the Secretary General, Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino of Italy, and the Executive Director, Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell of the United States. Formal governance of Pugwash is provided by a 30-person Pugwash Council, the chair of which is Prof. Saideh Lotfian of Iran. The present Council was elected at the 57th Pugwash Conference held in Bari Italy in October 2007 and will serve through the next Quinquennial Conference in 2012. There is also an eight-member Executive Committee which assists the Secretary General in implementing programmatic activities of the organization which is chaired by Dr. Steven Miller of the United States. There are four Pugwash offices, in Rome, London, Geneva, and Washington, DC. These offices provide support for the various Pugwash meetings, publications, and other activities, and also serve as a liaison to the United Nations and other international organizations. Around the world, there are more than 40 national Pugwash groups which are organized as independent entities and, in many cases, are supported or administered by national academies of science. These national groups organize activities in their own countries and help identify participants for international Pugwash workshops and conferences. There is also the independent International Student/Young Pugwash organization and various national Student/Young Pugwash groups around the world. |
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