Nuclear Weapons Reports & Statements Nuclear Weapons Free World Statements Pugwash releases the "Milan Document on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation" issued following the Pugwash NPT Roundtable Discussion in Milan on 29 January 2010 —Document (141.5 KB pdf) —Photos —Participant List —Agenda —Commentaries —Document in Arabic (294.5 KB pdf) Report of Pugwash Consultations on CTBT Entry into Force —Report —Participant List —Prospects —Photos Roundtable on Nuclear Weapons Policies and the NATO Strategic Concept Review, co-hosted by Des Browne, convenor of the Top Level Group, and Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General of the Pugwash Conferences, House of Commons, London, 15 January 2010, where strong concerns were raised that the process of consultation on the NATO Strategic Concept Review is not providing opportunity for adequate political and public input. —Photos —Participant List —Report Strengthening the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Promoting a, Successful NPT Review Conference in 2010; November 20-21, 2009 —Photos Report now available from the Conference on an Arctic Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, (4.1 MB pdf) Copenhagen, August 10-11, 2009, organized by the Danish and Canadian Pugwash Groups, in collaboration with the Danish Institute for International Studies, PNND, IPPNW and IALANA.    The conference report has been published and can also be obtained  from http://www.lulu.com/john189 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala Interview, 12 August, 2009 Climbing to the Top of the Mountain International Student/Young Pugwash, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, 11 July 2009 Disarmament and Non-Proliferation by Paolo Cotta-Ramusino - (162.2 KB pdf) Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala pays tribute to Mr. McNamara, 8 July 2009 Pugwash Executive Committee Statement on the DPRK Nuclear Test, 26 May 2009 Pugwash in New York at the Third Preparatory Committee of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, May 4-8, 2009 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta- Ramusino visit policymakers in Washington, DC, April 27-29, 2009 to discuss nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation Pugwash in Nature:  Andrew Robinson reviews the new documentary film, The Strangest Dream, and two recent books on Joseph Rotblat, and a Nature editorial on Pugwash and nuclear weapons (3 April 2009) Remove, don't reset, the nuclear button, Point of View, Jayantha Dhanapala (1.1 MB pdf) 28th Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions: The Second CWC Review and After, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 5-6 April 2008 —Agenda; —List of Papers; —Report; —Participant List Japan-US International Workshop:  Reducing Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons: Possible Cooperation between Japan and the United States, 24-25 January 2009, Tokyo, Japan More support, from three retired UK generals, for the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons, The Times (London), 16 January 2009 Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Time for Disarmament? An International Workshop of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Antwerp, Belgium, 21-23 November 2008 Rotblat Centenary Celebration Agenda and Photos, 10 December, 2008, The Royal Society, London Pugwash Work on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation (305.4 KB pdf), 17 November, 2008, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 23 October in New York and briefed him on the activities of Pugwash International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts, 22nd Winter Course: Nuclear Futures: What Would Nuclear Disarmament Look Like? Andalo (Trento) - Italy, 11-18 January 2009 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala visited Japan during the first week of August to help mark the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and meet with a wide range of Japanese policymakers and experts: —Report; —Photos; —Articles; —Video Message of Amb. Dhanapala Pugwash Urges Removal of All NATO Nuclear Weapons, Press Release, 27 June 2008 Pugwash Scientific Advisory Group International Technical Verification Efforts Commentary by R. Rajaramaran published in the Times of India (17 March 2008) "A Nuclear Weapon Free World—A New Promise?" Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala receives the Sean MacBride Prize from the International Peace Bureau, Alexandria, Egypt, November 11, 2007;   Text of acceptance speech by Jayantha Dhanapala 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) Communique from the 50th Anniversary Workshop Press Coverage Photos Participants Papers Speeches Nuclear non proliferation and disarmament, Paolo Cotta Ramusino, Secretary General of the Pugwash Conferences and Physics Department, Universita' Canadian Pugwash Calls for NATO to Denuclearize, (1.1 MB pdf) Priorities in Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Comparing Approaches of Russia and the West, Moscow, Russia, 25-28 April 2007 A Nuclear Disarmament Agenda for Canada, by Ernie Regehr, Embassy Magazine, May 30th, 2007 "Preparing to Overcome the Crisis of Credibility" Pugwash meeting in Vienna 5 May 2007 Can Nuclear Proliferation Be Stopped? (in English 421.9 KB pdf or Arabic 144.4 KB pdf) by Jozef Goldblat, Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI), 2007 Mikhail Gorbachev Urges Delay of UK Trident Replacement, Times (London), 8 March 2007. See also the UK government response, and letters from            Sandra Ionno Butcher and Robert Hinde of Pugwash. The Rome Declaration of Nobel Peace Laureates (845.2 KB pdf) Pugwash Participants in Discussions of Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in Central            Asia, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 17-18 October 2006 Sleepwalking Towards a Nuclear Catastrophe, by Douglas Roche, 4 October 2006 Pugwash Workshop: Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament - The Role of            Europe. Pugwash Meeting no. 320, Amsterdan, The Netherlands, 7-8 June 2006 Report by Bob vander Zwaan Participant List Pugwash and Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: The Way Forward            A Special Colloquium in Honor of Sir Joseph Rotblat            10 December 2005, London, UK UK scientists petition Prime Minister Blair on replacing the Trident System (November 2005) US physicists mount petition effort against Bush administration nuclear policy (October 2005) Statement to the IAEA Board of Governors from the Islamic Republic of Iran,            and other IAEA members (August 2005) A Promising Direction for G8 Leadership, By Rose Gottemoeller            From the Moscow Times, Friday July 8, 2005, pg. 8 Articles by R. Rajaraman, India Pugwash Group:           Cap the nuclear arsenal now, Jan. 25, 2005, The Hindu           Tsunami and the Bomb, Jan. 11, 2005, Hindustan Times, New Delhi Pugwash Council statement on the NPT, 19 June 2005 The 50-Year Shadow, by Joseph Rotblat, New York Times, 17 May 2005 Emerging Nuclear Proliferation Challenges, edited by C. Uday Bhaskar and C. Raja Mohan, Papers from the Pugwash Conferences and IDSA Conference, 28-29 March 2005, New Delhi, India "Threats to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty," (488 KB pdf) by Erika Simpson (Pugwash Canada), Embassy, 4 May, 2005 Pugwash and the 2005 NPT Review Conference Pugwash recommendations to the NPT Review Conference, 9 May 2005 "Non-Proliferation and the NPT," address by Sec. Gen. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino to a conference on the Treaty of Tlatelolco, 26-28 April 2005, Mexico City "Remember Your Humanity," an appeal from Sir Joseph Rotblat to the delegates of the 2005 NPT Review Conference "Orbiting the NPT," by C. Raja Mohan, co-chair of India Pugwash Group, The Indian Express, 3 May 2005 "First week of NPT RevCon, agenda yet to be finalized," by C. Uday Bhaskar, IDSA, New Delhi, 8 May 2005 Briefings from the Acronym Institute on the NPT Review Conference Official NPT Review Conference Documents Einstein, the Bomb, and me... an Interview with Joseph Rotblat, The Guardian Newspaper, January 2005. Weapons of Mass Destruction Elimination: A Middle Eastern Perspective, a joint meeting of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission chaired by Dr. Hans Blix, the Pugwash Conferences, the Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Cairo, Egypt, 29-30 January 2005. A Nuclear Weapons Free Future: A New Basis of Hope   By Hon. Douglas Roche Atlanta Consultation II: On the Future of the NPT The Middle Powers Initiative and the Carter Center, 26-28 January 2005, Atlanta, Georgia Non-Proliferation of WMD Delivery Systems, Potsdam/Berlin, November 2004. Washington Post article on the death of Ted Taylor, who died on 28 October 2004. Re-nuclearization or Disarmament: A Fateful Choice for Humanity, by Senator Douglas Roche, May 2004 (prepared for the Third PrepComm of the 2005 NPT Review Conference). A pdf is available. Swedish government report on HEU that derived in part from a Pugwash initiative; for more information, go to www.ski.se. 7th Pugwash Workshop on the Future of the Nuclear Weapons Complexes of Russia and the USA: Security of the Russian Nuclear Complex: International Assistance in Liquidation of Excess Fissile Materials, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1-3 July 2004 9-12 October 2003, Como, Italy: 2nd Pugwash Workshop on Terrorism: External and Domestic Consequences of the War on Terrorism Time is Ripe to Act on Middle East Weapons, by Mohamed ElBaradei and Joseph Rotblat, London Financial Times, 3 February, 2004 Pervez Hoodbhoy, The Nuclear Noose Around Pakistan's Neck, Washington Post, 1 February, 2004 Pugwash Executive Committee Statement on Libya and Non-Proliferation 28 January 2004 Other perspectives from the Pugwash community Pugwash Workshop No. 289: 2nd Pugwash Workshop on Terrorism: External and Domestic Consequences of the War on Terrorism Como, Italy, 9-12 October 2003 Participants Papers Workshop Report, by Alexander Nikitin "The Only Absolute Guarantee", a Brief on Canada's Nuclear Weapons Policies by the Canadian Pugwash Group April 2003 Statement by the Pugwash Executive Committee on the War in Iraq 20 March 2003 Crises in the Middle East and East Asia - Personal Perspectives  War: Which Way to Turn? by Tad Homer-Dixon, 8 February 2003  Is it a War on Islam? by Pervez Hoodbhoy, 16 January 2003 Iraq, North Korea and Nuclear Weapons, by Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Jeffrey Boutwell 10 January 2003 The Nuclear Threat is Real, by Joseph Rotblat Address to the 3rd World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Rome, Italy, 19-20 October 2002 "No First Use of Nuclear Weapons" Pugwash Meeting No. 279 15-17, November 2002, London, UK Participants Workshop Report by Tom Milne Papers Pugwash Symposium at The Royal Society, London, 14 November 2002 "What Future for Arms Control?", with Hugh Beach (UK), Steven Miller (US), and Alexander Nikitin (Russia) Pugwash Workshop on Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Como, Italy, 26-28 September 2002 Participants Workshop Report, by Goetz Neuneck Pugwash Workshop on Nuclear Weapons and Strategic Stability Moscow, Russia, 8-10 July 2002 Participants Workshop Report, by John B. Rhinelander Workshop on Tactical Nuclear Weapons Pugwash Meeting No. 270 24-25, May 2002, Sigtuna, Sweden Participants Papers Nuclear Stability and Missile Defenses Pugwash Meeting No. 266 6-8, September 2001, Como, Italy Participants Papers:   "A New Transatlantic Deal on Missile Defense After the Terrorist Attacks?" by Thérèse Delpech   "US and Russia - Bound to Cooperate on BMD?" by John B. Rhinelander   "Stabilty Effects of Limited Missile Defenses: The Case for the Affirmative" by Walter B. Slocombe Workshop on Moving Towards the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Pugwash Meeting No. 260 New Delhi, India, March 25-27, 2001 "Pugwash and the Nuclear Issue" by Joseph Rotblat "The Military Utility of Nuclear Weapons and the Case for Disarmament" by Kanti Bajpai Workshop Papers Participants Workshop on Nuclear Stability and Missile Defense Pugwash Meeting No. 257 Sigtuna, Sweden, October 26-28, 2000 Occasional Paper Participants "The Impasse in Nuclear Disarmament" by John Holdren Plenary Address to the 50th Pugwash Conference, Cambridge, UK, 5 Aug. 2000 "Status and Prospects of Naval Nuclear Weapons and Development of the Science-Industry Complex of the Russian North-West": St. Petersburg-Petrozavodsk, Russia, May 28 - June 1, 2000 Workshop Report Workshop Schedule Article on Soviet nuclear waste issues (revised after the loss of the Kursk) by Gwyn Prins The Effects of Low Level Radiation: Meeting of the British Pugwash Group London, UK, April 18, 2000 Workshop on "The Abolition of Nuclear Weapons": New Delhi, India 11-13 October 1999 A Report from the Secretary General: "Nuclear Weapons Issues and the Pugwash Agenda" April 2000 "Indian Draft Nuclear Doctrine: Some Reflections" by Jasjit Singh; a paper published in the November '99 Pugwash Newsletter Draft Report of National Security Advisory Board on Indian Nuclear Doctrine: August 17, 1999 Statement of the Pugwash Council: "Nuclear Weapons and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty" 12 November 1999 Workshop on "Nuclear Forces": Como, Italy, 9-10 July 1999 Workshop on "Nuclear Proliferation and Security in the Pacific Rim": Hilo, Hawaii, 20-23 January 1999 "The Elimination of Nuclear Weapons" A Public Meeting at the Royal Society in Honor of the 90th Birthday of Sir Joseph Rotblat: London, England, 7 November 1998 John Holdren's Speech in honor of the occasion "New Dangers to World Security" by Joseph Rotblat, a paper published in the October '98 Pugwash Newsletter "The Future of the Nuclear Weapon Complexes of Russia and the USA": Moscow and Sarov (Arzamas-16), Russia, 14-18 July 1998