"The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs wholeheartedly congratulates President Elayne Whyte-Gómez and all participants in the Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons on the successful conclusion of its work with the adoption of a Treaty." https://pugwash.org/…/pugwash-welcomes-the-nuclear-ban-tre…/
A new play tells the story of the first Pugwash conference held in 1957:
http://www.cbc.ca/…/how-the-tiny-fishing-village-of-pugwash…
In this video Pugwashite Karen Hallberg joins 3700 other scientists from 100 countries to advocate a ban on nuclear weapons "because nuclear weapons threaten not merely those who have them but all people on Earth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psk_VfHEjow&feature=youtu.be
On 16 June 2017, Pugwash held a roundtable consultation sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN in the margins of the UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination. The report is available on the website: https://pugwash.org/…/new-york-consultation-on-the-ban-tre…/
From The Japan Times: "It is undeniable that reactor-grade plutonium — extracted from spent reactor fuel by reprocessing — can be used for effective and powerful nuclear weapons." http://www.japantimes.co.jp/…/commercial-plutonium-bomb-m…/…
ISODARCO is holding a summer school on the island of Cyprus: in Famagusta on July 10-17, 2017. All the details at: http://www.isodarco.com/courses/famagusta17/famagusta17.html
In reaction to increasing tensions on the Korean peninsula, Pugwash officials released a statement on nuclear risks in North East Asia. Drawing parallels from the Cuban missile crisis they argued for "restraint and responsible behavior on all sides and a mutual pullback from the intensifying military confrontation. The world needs to be spared a dramatic conflict with possibly catastrophic consequences."
It is with great sadness that Pugwash mourns the passing of Ambassador Miguel Marìn Bosch, member of the Pugwash Council and distinguished champion of disarmament.
https://pugwash.org/20…/…/06/remembering-miguel-marin-bosch/
Pugwash Japan Statement on Japan's not participating in Ban Treaty Negotiation http://www.pugwashjapan.jp/statement-2017-04-08
"Allowing the nuclear weapons scientists to move out of the shadow of Cold-War secrecy through scientific collaborations made us realize how much we were alike." http://thebulletin.org/when-science-brought-americans-and-r…
