Working Groups

WG 1: Nuclear Weapons

• Status of and prospect for nuclear disarmament. Prospects for the 13 steps decided at the 2002 NPT Review Conference
  
• Recent developments in nuclear proliferation
  
• Current strategies and postures of nuclear-armed states. No first use

WG2: Weaponization of Space and Missile Defense
(See also Securing Outer Space for the Future: Strategic Considerations for Pugwash, by Rebecca Johnson)

• Weaponization of space and its impact on civil activities
  
• Missile defense
  
• Negotiating and verifying limits on missiles

WG3: International Cooperation and Human Security

• Role of international institutions in the prevention of armed conflict. Civilian protection and humanitarian assistance
  
• Multilateral actions and unilateral initiatives
  
• Post-conflict reconstruction; governance; assistance to democratization

WG4: Terrorism

• Terrorism: its roots and its divisive effects on the world community
  
• Technology and the prevention of terrorism. Antiterrorism and limitation of civil liberties
  
• Preventing terrorists from obtaining weapons of mass destruction

WG5: New Technology for Human Development and Security
Also see the Workshop Report on Preserving the Non-Weaponization of Space

• Communications, monitoring and information technology for human protection
  
• Agricultural biotechnology
  
• International cooperation to promote equity in human development

WG6: Mitigation of Global Environmental Change

• Advances in modeling and long-term global energy trends
  
• Initiatives and technology to limit human-induced global changes
  
• Access to and availability of energy, water, food