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On 15-17 November 2002, Pugwash Meeting no. 279 was held in London, UK.

At the 15-17 November 2002 London workshop, the below selection of working papers exploring the concept of No First Use were presented.

Breaking a Deadlock to Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) as the end goal

Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The anniversary is a reminder to take the growing danger of nuclear war…

On July 9, 1955, two of the most eminent intellectuals of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein, issued an appeal to humanity, urging that the immense…

In November 2017, Pugwash Secretary-General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino participated in the conference Perspectives for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament held in the Vatican City. 

Gordon Brown's admission that Iran has a right to pursue a nuclear energy programme is a sign of improving relations

The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago on 6 and 9 August—where over 170,000 people died—highlighted the dangers for mankind coming from the very existence…

This is a Pugwash document concerning nuclear problems and tensions in the time of COVID-19. This document has been co-signed by an extensive list of Pugwash colleagues and…

The Humanity at a Crossroads - Prohibition or Continued Reliance on Nukes?

On 11 November 2007, Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala delivered a speech to the International Peace Bureau Annual Seminar

On 1-3 November 2002, Pugwash Meeting no. 277 was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Not only is a war-free world desirable, it is now necessary, it is essential, if humankind is to survive.  I am referring to the development of the omnicidal…

On 12 June 2026 Pugwash and the SCRAP Weapons project (at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies) organized a multidisciplinary workshop, “Effects of a Nuclear War:…

On 5-6 December Pugwash and the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC) co-organized a workshop generously hosted by the AMC at Uppsala University.[1] Sixteen participants from four…

From 14-16 July 2025, Pugwash leaders joined a distinguished group of Nobel Laureates, scientists and policy experts from across the world for the first Nobel Laureate assembly dedicated…

In April 2025 the Iraq Pugwash Group organized a conference in Sulaymaniya to commemorate the use of chemical weapons against Kurdish Iraqis in 1988 and to discuss the…

In November 2022, Pugwash Argentina organized a virtual seminar in which the President of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Amb. Sergio Duarte, was invited as…

On 6-7 December 2018, Pugwash organized a seminar, "Avoiding Nuclear Destabilization", and other side meetings in Moscow in cooperation with the Russian Pugwash Committee and the American Academy…

In November 2018 the Pugwash Council member and Director of the Geneva Office, Amb. Sergey Batsanov, participated in the International Committee of the Red Cross International Conference in…

On 9 October 2018, Pugwash held a side-event during the UN General Assembly First Committee co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations.

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…

On 26-27 September 2016 Pugwash held a roundtable meeting to discuss "Security Challenges and Nuclear Weapons in Europe," co-hosted with the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy in London. 

In 2009 members of the International Student Young Pugwash held a meeting on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the first Student Pugwash groups. The…

On 7-8 June 2006, Pugwash meeting no. 320 was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

On 26-28 May 2006, Pugwash held meeting no. 319 in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.

On 22-24 May 2003, Pugwash Meeting no. 283 was held in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

On 11-12 March 2003 Pugwash organized a workshop in Lahore, Pakistan,  to assess the threat of an India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation and to identify ways of preventing such a conflict.

Nuclear safety, nuclear stability and nuclear strategy in Pakistan A concise report of a visit by Landau Network - Centro Volta,1 (January 14, 2002)

On 6-8 September 2001, Pugwash Meeting no. 266 was held in Como, Italy.

On 20-21 July 2001, Pugwash Meeting no. 265 was held in  Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

From 28 May - 1 June, 2000 Pugwash Meeting No. 254 was held in St. Petersburg - Petrozavodsk, Russia.

On 9-10 July 1999, Pugwash Meeting No. 248 was held in Como, Italy.

Pugwash Meeting No. 246

Pugwash Meeting No. 244 Nuclear Proliferation and Security in the Pacific Rim 21-23 January 1999, Hilo, Hawaii

On 4-5 December 1998, Pugwash Meeting No. 243 was held in Paris, France. The Prospects of Nuclear Energy

Pugwash Meeting No. 241 The Elimination of Nuclear Weapons A Public Meeting at the Royal Society in Honor of the 90th Birthday of Sir Joseph Rotblat, 7 November…

On 14-18 July 1998, Pugwash Meeting No. 237 was held in Moscow and Sarov (Arzamas-16), Russia The Future of the Nuclear Weapon Complexes of Russia and the USA

Pugwash Meeting No. 234 Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions CWC Implementation: Balancing Confidentiality and Transparency 15-17 May 1998, Noordwijk, The…

The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs hosted an event together with the Royal Society to mark the 70th anniversary of a declaration signed by Albert Einstein,…

In June 2023, Pugwash convened its second small virtual roundtable discussion on the current situation facing nuclear arms control. The session involved 15 experts and former officials from…

In May 2023, Pugwash convened a small virtual roundtable discussion comprising experts and former officials from the US, Russia, and several European countries. The meeting initiated a series…

On 17 October 2019, Pugwash and the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations co-organized a side event in the margins of the First Committee of the…

On 23-24 June 2019 a delegation from Pugwash travelled to Iran to participate in a specially-arranged two-day meeting organized together with the Institute for Political and International Studies…

On 2 March 2019 Pugwash held a roundtable in Tel Aviv in cooperation with the Israeli Pugwash Group and the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, University of Tel…

On 4 May 2017, Pugwash held a round-table event on prospects for a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East jointly with the Mission of the League of…

On 12 April 2007 Pugwash staff gathered at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. for a special event to commemorate the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the first Pugwash…

"Thinking with Einstein: The Responsibility of Science for Peace in the 21st Century"

Report from the Daily Times Pugwash meeting for Kashmir ceasefire and troop withdrawal Daily Times - Site Edition Sunday, April 24, 2005

On 10-12 September 2004, Pugwash meeting no. 300 was held in Ajaccio, Corsica.

On 23 June 2004, Pugwash Meeting no. 296 was held in Washington, DC.

On 4-7 March 2004, Pugwash Meeting no. 293 was held in Amman, Jordan.

On 23 July 2004, Pugwash Meeting no. 296-2 was held in New York City.

On 8-9 November 2003 the Pugwash Workshop Study Group on the Implementation of the CBW Conventions held its  20th workshop, the BWC Intersessional Process towards the Sixth Review…

On 6-8 September 2003, Pugwash Meeting no. 288 was held in Tehran, Iran.

From 27-29 June 2003 Pugwash held a workshop on Science, Ethics and Society in Paris, France.

On 16-18 May 2003 Pugwash, in collaboration with GIPRI, organized the 2nd Pugwash workshop on South Asian security. The workshop addressed the issues of reopening dialogue and avoiding confrontation…

On 26-27 April 2003 the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the CBW Conventions held its 19th workshop, The First CWC Review Conference and Beyond, in Oegstgeest, The…

Pugwash Meeting no. 267 16th Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions: The Fifth BTWC Review Conference

Statement of the Pugwash Council Monday, 12 November 2001, London, UK

On 23-24 June 2001, Pugwash Meeting no. 264 was held in  Oegstgeest, The Netherlands

On 4-6 May 2001, Pugwash Meeting no. 263 was held in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

On 26-29 April, 2001, Pugwash Meeting no. 262 was held in Alexandria, Egypt.

On3-6 April, 2001, Pugwash Meeting no. 261 was held in Seoul, South Korea.

Pugwash Meeting No. 258 14th Workshop on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions

Statement of the Pugwash Council Nuclear Weapons and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 12 November 1999

Student Pugwash USA 20th Anniversary Conference

On 2-4 July, 1999, Pugwash Meeting No. 247 was held in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Pugwash Meeting No. 240 Public Health Systems in Developing Countries 6-8 October 1998, Havana, Cuba

The Pugwash Council is honoured to have met in Hiroshima to commemorate 80 years since the atomic bombing of this city as well as Nagasaki. We pay tribute…

Pugwash, together with several Finnish NGOs (Peace Union of Finland, ICAN Finland, Physicians for Social Responsibility and Technology for Life Finland) have set up a Nuclear Weapons Monitoring…

In June 2022 NATO members adopted an updated Strategic Concept (the preceding Concept having been adopted in 2010). There was reason to hope that in the updated Concept…

In early 2021 there is every reason to say that the global arms control and disarmament process, despite earlier achievements, has reached a critical point. The complete or…

Statement on nuclear risks in North East Asia

The Pugwash Conferences for Science & World Affairs and its co-founder Joseph Rotblat were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 because of, as the citation read, “their…

On 18 August 2016 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on the adoption of a "no first use" policy by nuclear weapons states.

Pugwash Leaders Commend Addition of Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site as World Heritage Site and Urge Concrete Progress on Disarmament, on 65th Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings.

On 24 August 2007, Canadian Pugwash issued a call for an Arctic Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone.

Iraq, North Korea and Nuclear Weapons Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Jeffrey Boutwell

New Dangers to World Security (Published in the Pugwash Newsletter, V. 25, No. 2, October 1998)

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, humanity once again stands at a decisive moment. The world faces growing confrontation, the weakened role of diplomacy,…

Eighty years ago, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered the world’s first attack by atomic bombings, the legacy of which remains visible and strongly felt today. The…

Statement issued by Sergio Duarte, President of Pugwash, and Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General of Pugwash

In October 2018 the Pugwash President and Secretary-General issued the following statement:

What we expect from the US President’s visit to Hiroshima

Statement of the Pugwash Executive Committee: The War on Iraq

Statement of the Pugwash Council Nuclear Weapons and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 12 November 1999

The Crisis in Kosovo

The Russell-Einstein Manifeston. In the tragic situation which confronts humanity, we feel that scientists should assemble in conference to appraise the perils that have arisen as a result…

Pugwash officials took part in several events prior and following the 63rd Pugwash Conference in Hiroshima (1-5 November).