The Council
of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
reaffirms its commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons.
The Council calls for nuclear disarmament by all countries
that possess nuclear weapons. The Pugwash Council urges
the peaceful resolution of conflict in areas where nuclear
risks are present. Dialogue is essential if we are to
overcome the walls that divide people, countries, religions,
and ideas. Disarmament—particularly nuclear disarmament,
arms control, and military and non-military confidence-building
measures are powerful instruments in creating a more peaceful
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Working Group 1 - Nuclear Disarmament,
Nonproliferation (after the 2010 NPT Review Conference)
- Report
Working Group 2 - Prospects for Peace and Security in
the Middle East - Report
Working Group 3 - Regional Stability in Central and South
Asia: the situation in Afghanistan, and Indo-Pakistani
relations - Report
Working Group 4 - European Security and Disarmament (nuclear
and conventional arms control and disarmament) - Report
Working Group 5 - Social Responsibility of Scientists
- Report
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Prevention - Report
International Student/Young Pugwash - Report
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Simons Symposium
on European Security and Nuclear Disarmament co-sponsored by the European
Leadership Network and Pugwash
Lord Browne of Ladyton,
Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Dr. Guido Westerwelle
Amb. Peter Gottwald, Lord Browne of Ladyton (c) VDW
German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr. Guido Westerwelle, MdB (bio)
Opening Keynote Address (PDF
or URL)
US Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security Ellen Tauscher (bio)
"European Contributions to Nuclear Disarmament
and Conflict Resolution" (PDF
or URL)
Amb. S. Ryabkov, U/S E. Tauscher,
Prof. E. Bahr, Amb. V. Trubnikov, Amb. P. Gottwald
Amb. W. Ischinger, Uta Zapt MdB, Dr. S. Rogov,
G. LaMalfa MP (c) VDW
Gen. B. Norlain, Dr. J. Simons, Prof. G. Neuneck,
Amb. T. Ildem, Prof. U. Bartosch
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Iranian Nuclear Policy
Prof. S. Miller, Amb. A. Soltanieh,
Prof. P. Jones, Amb. Sheikh-Attar
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H.E. M. Stanekzai, Mr. M. Kobler,
Mullah A.S. Zaeef, Amb. W. Taylor, Amb. M. Steiner
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Improving Relations Between India
and Pakistan
Hon. S.A. Pasha MP, Prof. A. Mattoo,
Lt.Gen. (ret) T. Masood, Hon. Sherry Rehman MP, Hon. S.
Soz MP; Hon. A. Iqbal Chaudhry MP
We wish to thank
all of our supporters, and in particular, we are extremely
grateful to the German Federal Foreign Office for providing
significant logistical and financial support and cooperation.
We also wish to thank the German Pugwash Group, the Federation
of German Scientists (VDW), for its support in hosting
and organizing the Conference, and thanks to Goetz Neuneck
for most of the pictures used here. We also thank: European
Leadership Network, Oxfam, German Peace Foundation DSF,
Carnegie Corporation, Eaton Foundation, Heathside Charitable
Trust, Norwegian Government, Plougshares Fund, US Dept
of State (South Asia Dialogues), David Cracknell of Big
Tent Communications, and as always, we very much appreciate
all the work and support of the national Pugwash groups.
09.40-09.50Keynote address
— Hon.
Guido Westerwelle, Foreign Minister, Germany TEXT
OF ADDRESS "I am convinced that in most cases we must
keep a door of dialogue open. When we cut off dialogue,
we will cut off our means of interaction and influence."
"Disarmament is as important a task for humanity
as combating climate change....The German Government
is pursuing a world free of nuclear weapons."
10.40-12.45PLENARY SESSION: Europe
and Nuclear Weapons: what progress in nuclear disarmament?
Chair: Amb.
Peter Gottwald, Commissioner of the Federal Government
for Arms Control and Disarmament
Opening Statement: Prof.
Egon Bahr, former Federal Minister for Special
Affairs, Germany Panelists:
— Lord
(Desmond) Browne of Ladyton, former UK Defence
Secretary
— Amb.
Wolfgang Ischinger, Former Deputy Foreign Minister,
Germany
— Hon.
Giorgio La Malfa MP, Former Italian Minister of
European Affairs
— Amb.
Vyacheslav Trubinkov, former Ambassador, former
Director of Foreign Intelligence Service, Russia -
TEXT OF
PRESENTATION Q&A, Comments
13.00-14.30Lunch
14.45-16.30PLENARY SESSION: Europe,
NATO and Russia: the search for cooperative security
Chair: Prof.
Götz Neuneck, Pugwash Executive Committee Panelists:
— Amb. Tacan Ildem
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey
to the OSCE, former Director General, International
Security Affairs, MFA
— Gen.
(ret) Bernard Norlain, Former Air Defense Commander
and Air Combat Commander, former military adviser
to the President Q&A, Comments
— Dr.
Sergey Rogov, Director of the Institute of USA
and Canadian Studies
—Uta Zapf,
MdB, Chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Disarmament,
Arms Control, and Nonproliferation, German Bundestag
18.30-18.40Symposium Closing and
thanks
— Lord (Desmond) Browne of Ladyton
— Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
19.45Welcome Reception sponsored
by the Federal Foreign Office for speakers and registered
participants of the Pugwash Conference at the Löwenbräu-Restaurant
09:00-10:15PLENARY SESSION: Iranian
Nuclear Policy
Chair: Dr.
Peter Jones, University of Ottawa, Pugwash Council
Panelists:
— Amb.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Permanent Representative
of Iran to the IAEA
— Amb. Alireza Sheikh Attar, Iranian Ambassador
to Germany
—Prof.
Steven E. Miller, Chair Pugwash Executive Committee,
Harvard University Belfer Center
11:45-12.15PLENARY
SESSION: What Progress on the CTBT?
— Rose
Gottemoeller,Assistant Secretary
of State for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification
and Compliance, USA
12:15-13:15PLENARY SESSION: What
future for Palestine? How Can Europe Help?
Chair: Amb.
Rolf Ekeus, Chairman, Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute Panelists :
— Prof.
Avishay Braverman, MK, former Israeli Minister
for Minorities
—Dr. Husam S. Zomlot, Deputy Commissioner for
International Relations, Palestine
13:15-14:30Lunch
14:30-15:45Working Groups meet in
parallel sessions
15:45-16:15Coffee break
16:15-17:45Working Groups meet in
parallel sessions
18:00-19:45PLENARY SESSION: Eliminating
WMD in the Middle East
Chair: Amb.
Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Panelists:
— Amb. Wael Al-Assad, Director, Disarmament
& Multilateral Relations Department, League of Arab
States
— Amb. Jeremy Issacharoff, Deputy Director General
Strategic Affairs, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
— H.E. Khalid Shamaa, Deputy Assistant Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
20:15-21:30SPECIAL DINNER: Dialogue
on the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Introductions:
— Martin Butcher, Policy Advisor, Conventional
Arms, Oxfam Commentary:
—Amb.
John Duncan, UK Ambassador for Multilateral Arms
Control & Disarmament, Geneva
—Thomas
Schultz-Jagow, Global Director of Communications,
Oxfam
09:00-11:30PLENARY SESSION: Prospects
for Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan
Chair: Mr.
Martin Kobler, Deputy UN Special Representative
(Political) for Afghanistan Panelists:
— H.E. Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, Minister Advisor
to the President of the Islamic republic of Afghanistan,
CEO and Head of the Joint Secretariat of the High Peace
Council
— Amb.
William Taylor, Vice President, Center for Post-Conflict
Peace and Stability Operations, United States Institute
of Peace and former coordinator of international and
US assistance to Afghanistan
— Amb.
Michael Steiner, German Federal Government Special
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
— Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, former ambassador
of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to Pakistan
11:30-12:00Coffee break
12:00-13:15PLENARY SESSION: Improving
Relations Between India and Pakistan
Co-chairs: Lt Gen (ret) Talat Masood & Prof. Amitabh
Mattoo - Co-Chairs, Pugwash India-Pakistan Independent
Commission Panelists:
— Hon.
Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry, Member of Parliament, MNA,
PML-N, Pakistan
— Hon.
Syed Azeez Pasha, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha),
India. Communist Party of India
— Hon.
Sherry Rehman, MP, former Information Minister,
Pakistan
— Prof.
Saifuddin Soz, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha),
India. Indian National Congress
13:00-14:30Lunch
14:30-16:30Working Groups meet in
parallel sessions
16:30-17:00Coffee break
17:00-19:00Working Groups meet in
parallel sessions
20:00Boat tour and dinner
09:00-11:00Working Groups meet
in parallel sessions
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:00PLENARY SESSION: DOROTHY
HODGKIN LECTURE: "The Fukushima nuclear accident:
lessons learned (so far), and possible implications"
Chair: Prof. Saideh Lotfian, Chair, Pugwash Council
— Dr. Tatsujiro
Suzuki, Vice Chairman, Japan Atomic Energy Commission Discussant:
— Dr.
Victor Gilinsky, former Commissioner of the US Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
13:00-14:30Lunch
14:30-15:15PLENARY SESSION: Presidential
Address
— Amb.
Jayantha Dhanapala, Pugwash President and former
UN Under-Secretary General
15:15-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-18:15PLENARY SESSION: Problems
and Opportunities in the Changing Middle East Chair: Prof.
Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Pugwash Secretary General
— H.E. Hussain al-Shahristani, Deputy Prime Minister
for Energy, Iraq
— H.E. Nabil Shaath, Commissioner for International
Relations, Palestine
— Dr. Abdel Monem Said Aly, Al-Ahram Foundation,
Egypt
— Other discussants from the region
