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Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta -Ramusino lay a wreath at the Peace Statue, Nagasaki Peace Park at the beginning of 61st Pugwash Conference
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"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…/

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 pr…
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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 a world reeling from the horrific mass killings of the Second World War, Albert Einstein and British philosopher Bertrand Russell issued a manifesto calling for leading scientists to gather to "appraise the perils" produced by new atomic weapons.
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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

Over 3700 scientists have signed an open letter supporting the UN negotiations to ban nuclear weapons, including fmr US Secretary of Defense William Perry, 3...
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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…/

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 Prohi…
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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…/…

The usability of reactor-grade plutonium for weapons threatens the whole nuclear fuel-cycle concept of Japan's Council for Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
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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

Isodarco - International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts Italian Pugwash Group
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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."

Statement on nuclear risks in North East Asia 4 May 2017 The mounting confrontation with North Korea is raising grave dangers. Both sides have made potentially escalatory moves. Indeed, the combina…
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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 President Jayantha Dhanapala reflects on the life of Pugwash council member Miguel Marin Bosch. I am personally grieved to learn of the death of Ambassador Miguel Marin Bosch, a redoubtable…
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British Pugwash event on North Korea's nuclear program on April 25th, 5:30-7pm, London

On Tuesday 25 April 2017, a British Pugwash discussion meeting will tackle the question of what motivates North Korea’s nuclear programme, against the background of recent events. The speake…
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Pugwash is having its 62nd conference in Astana (Kazakhstan) on August 25–29.

ASTANA. KAZNFORM Chairman of Kazakh Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has received Secretary-General of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs Paolo Cotta-Ramusino.
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Pugwash Japan Statement on Japan's not participating in Ban Treaty Negotiation http://www.pugwashjapan.jp/statement-2017-04-08

Historic Step Towards Ban Treaty … But Where is Japan? 「核兵器禁止条約不参加」に対する代表、副代表声明
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"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…

That time US and Russian scientists collaborated on explosive devices
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On March 27, 2017, Ambassador Sergio Duarte delivered a statement of behalf of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs at the High Level segment of the United Nations conference that i…
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