53rd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs:
Advancing Human Security:
The Role of Technology and Politics
17-21 July 2003, Halifax and Pugwash, Nova Scotia
Report of the Secretary General
Summary of the 53rd Pugwash Conference, by Adele Buckley
Participant list of the 53rd Pugwash Conference
Message from Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General
Working Group Reports:
Working Group1: Nuclear Weapons
Working Group 2: Weaponisation of Space and Missile Defence
Working Group 3: International Cooperation and Human Security
Working Group 4: Terrorism
Working Group 5: New Technology For Human Development and Security
Working Group 6: Mitigation of Global Environmental Change
Sir Joseph Rotblat addresses the conference
Professor Gabi Baramki
Eric Ferguson of Pugwash Netherlands
Ruth Adams and Joseph Rotblat
Dr Marie Muller, Chair of the Pugwash Council
Douglas Roche
Presentation at the Halifax Conference
Dr John Holdren
Mohamed Kadry Said, Pugwash Council Member
Hon. Susan Whelan, Minister of International Development for Canada
Program:
| MONDAY, 14 JULY 2003 | |
| Afternoon | Arrival of ISYP Board and some ISYP members [PICKUP AT AIRPORT, REGISTRATION] |
| 19:00-22:00 | ISYP Board Meeting (McCain Bldg, 2nd floor) |
| TUESDAY, 15 JULY 2003 | |
| All day | Arrival of Pugwash Council (PC) members and International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) [PICKUP AT AIRPORT AND REGISTRATION] |
| 14:30-17:30 | ISYP Symposium “The Role of the UN after the Iraqi Crisis” (Students Union Building) |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 19:30-21:00 | ISYP Working Groups A and B (Students Union Bldg) |
| 21:00-23:00 | ISYP Social Event |
| WEDNESDAY, 16 JULY 2003 | |
| All day | Arrival of some Conference participants [PICKUP AT AIRPORT AND REGISTRATION] |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | PC Meeting (University Hall) – ISYP Conference(Students Union Bldg) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:30– 17:30 | PC Meeting – ISYP Conference |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| THURSDAY, 17 JULY 2003 | |
| AM | Remaining participants arrive [PICKUP AT AIRPORT AND REGISTRATION] |
| 09:00 – 11:30 | PC Meeting – ISYP Pugwash Conference (University Hall) |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | PC members meet with ISYP Pugwash (University Hall) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:30– 15:30 | PLENARY SESSION 1 [Closed] (McCain Building, Scotiabank Auditorium) Chair: Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. Welcoming address by Chair of Canadian Pugwash Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. Report of Pugwash Secretary General Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | PLENARY SESSION 2 [Open] Chair: President M.S. Swaminathan Keynote Speaker: Hon. Susan Whelan, Minister of International Cooperation |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Reception: City of Halifax – City Hall [SHUTTLE BUS] Remarks: Mayor Peter Kelly Response: Sec.-Gen. Paolo Cotta Ramusino |
| 19:00 – 20:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| FRIDAY, 18 JULY 2003 | |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | Working Groups meet (McCain Building) (break 10:30-11:00) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:30– 18:00 | Working Groups meet (break 16:00-16:30) |
| 19:00– 20:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 20:00-22:00 | PUBLIC FORUM (Ondajtee Auditorium) [Open] Chair: Prof. Marie Muller Speaker: Sir Joseph Rotblat (UK) |
| SATURDAY, 19 JULY 2003 | |
| 9:00 – 12:30 | Working Groups meet (break 10:30-11:00) (McCain Bldg, 2nd floor) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | PLENARY SESSION 3 [Open] Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell Human Security and the Middle East Speakers: Galia Golan (Israel), Riad Malki (Palestine), Saideh Lotfian (Iran), Mohamed Kady Said (Egypt) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | PLENARY SESSION 4 [Open] Chair: Secretary-General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino Eliminating the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Speakers: Miguel Marin-Bosch (Mexico), Pavel Podvig (Russia), Pan Zhenqiang(China), John Holdren (USA) |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Council meets representatives of National Pugwash Groups (McCain Bldg., Scotiabank Auditorium) |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner (Shirreff Hall) |
| 20:00-21:30 | Meeting of Canadian Pugwash Group (Scotiabank Auditorium) |
| 09:30-16:00 | All day excursion for accompanying persons (Peggy’s Cove and Lunenberg) |
| SUNDAY, 20 JULY 2003 | |
| 08:00 | Departure for the excursion to the village of Pugwash (from designated bus stops) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Reception Remarks by Patrick Boyer, Chair Pugwash Parks Commission Pugwash: past and present history, comments by Sir Joseph Rotblat, Ruth Adams |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Tours of Thinkers’ Lodge |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch (Pugwash District High School & Joseph Rotblat Hall) |
| 13:30-14:30 | Free time |
| 14:30-16:15 | PLENARY SESSION 5 [Open] (Pugwash District High School) Chair: Prof. Saideh Lotfian Cooperative Security and the Future of Multinational Institutions Speakers: Robert Lawson (Canada), Andy Mack(Australia), Vladimir Baranovski (Russia), Steven Miller (USA) |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Closing Reception (Thinkers’ Lodge) |
| 17:30 | Departure by bus for dinner at Truro (enroute to Halifax) |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner at Truro |
| 20:00 | Departure for Halifax |
| MONDAY, 21 JULY 2003 | |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | PLENARY SESSION 6 [Closed] Chair: Prof. Anne McLaren (UK) Reports on Working Groups 1, 2, 3 |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | PLENARY SESSION 7 [Open] Chair: Senator Douglas Roche O.C. Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture by Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala,former U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs (Sri Lanka) – The Resurrection of Multilateral Disarmament |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | PLENARY SESSION 8 [Closed] Chair: Dr. Adele Buckley Reports on Working Groups 4, 5, 6 |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | PLENARY SESSION 9 [Open] Chair: Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy Presidential Lecture: M.S. Swaminathan Final remarks: Secretary-General Cotta-Ramusino; Executive Director Boutwell |
| 18:30 – 21:30 | Closing Festivities (University Club) Reception Downeast Entertainment: Background music all evening Closing Banquet – M.C.: Dr. Adele Buckley Speaker: Hon. Cecil Clarke, Minister, Economic Development, Nova Scotia Presentation of the “Order of Good Times” – a unique souvenir Downeast Entertainment: Half hour performance – fiddles, dancing and bagpipes Peace, a poem by Margaret Eaton |
| TUESDAY, 22 JULY 2003 | |
| AM | AM Participants depart [ALL DAY: BUS TRANSPORT TO AIRPORT] |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | PC Meeting (University Hall) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch for Council members and invited guests(University Club) |
| PM | Council members depart |
| MONDAY, 14 JULY 2003 | |
| Afternoon | Arrival of ISYP Board and some ISYP members [PICKUP AT AIRPORT, REGISTRATION] |
| 19:00-22:00 | ISYP Board Meeting (McCain Bldg, 2nd floor) |
| TUESDAY, 15 JULY 2003 | |
| All day | Arrival of Pugwash Council (PC) members and International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) [PICKUP AT AIRPORT AND REGISTRATION] |
| 14:30-17:30 | ISYP Symposium “The Role of the UN after the Iraqi Crisis” (Students Union Building) |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 19:30-21:00 | ISYP Working Groups A and B (Students Union Bldg) |
| 21:00-23:00 | ISYP Social Event |
| WEDNESDAY, 16 JULY 2003 | |
| All day | Arrival of some Conference participants [PICKUP AT AIRPORT AND REGISTRATION] |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | PC Meeting (University Hall) – ISYP Conference(Students Union Bldg) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:30– 17:30 | PC Meeting – ISYP Conference |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| THURSDAY, 17 JULY 2003 | |
| AM | Remaining participants arrive [PICKUP AT AIRPORT AND REGISTRATION] |
| 09:00 – 11:30 | PC Meeting – ISYP Pugwash Conference (University Hall) |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | PC members meet with ISYP Pugwash (University Hall) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:30– 15:30 | PLENARY SESSION 1 [Closed] (McCain Building, Scotiabank Auditorium) Chair: Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. Welcoming address by Chair of Canadian Pugwash Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. Report of Pugwash Secretary General Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | PLENARY SESSION 2 [Open] Chair: President M.S. Swaminathan Keynote Speaker: Hon. Susan Whelan, Minister of International Cooperation |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Reception: City of Halifax – City Hall [SHUTTLE BUS] Remarks: Mayor Peter Kelly Response: Sec.-Gen. Paolo Cotta Ramusino |
| 19:00 – 20:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| FRIDAY, 18 JULY 2003 | |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | Working Groups meet (McCain Building) (break 10:30-11:00) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:30– 18:00 | Working Groups meet (break 16:00-16:30) |
| 19:00– 20:30 | Dinner (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 20:00-22:00 | PUBLIC FORUM (Ondajtee Auditorium) [Open] Chair: Prof. Marie Muller Speaker: Sir Joseph Rotblat (UK) |
| SATURDAY, 19 JULY 2003 | |
| 9:00 – 12:30 | Working Groups meet (break 10:30-11:00) (McCain Bldg, 2nd floor) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | PLENARY SESSION 3 [Open] Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell Human Security and the Middle East Speakers: Galia Golan (Israel), Riad Malki (Palestine), Saideh Lotfian (Iran), Mohamed Kady Said (Egypt) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | PLENARY SESSION 4 [Open] Chair: Secretary-General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino Eliminating the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Speakers: Miguel Marin-Bosch (Mexico), Pavel Podvig (Russia), Pan Zhenqiang(China), John Holdren (USA) |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Council meets representatives of National Pugwash Groups (McCain Bldg., Scotiabank Auditorium) |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner (Shirreff Hall) |
| 20:00-21:30 | Meeting of Canadian Pugwash Group (Scotiabank Auditorium) |
| 09:30-16:00 | All day excursion for accompanying persons (Peggy’s Cove and Lunenberg) |
| SUNDAY, 20 JULY 2003 | |
| 08:00 | Departure for the excursion to the village of Pugwash (from designated bus stops) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Reception Welcoming address by Patrick Boyer, Chair Pugwash Parks Commission Pugwash: past and present history, comments by Sir Joseph Rotblat, Ruth Adams |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Tours of Thinkers’ Lodge |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch (Pugwash District High School & Joseph Rotblat Hall) |
| 13:30-14:30 | Free time |
| 14:30-16:15 | PLENARY SESSION 5 [Open] (Pugwash District High School) Chair: Prof. Saideh Lotfian Cooperative Security and the Future of Multinational Institutions Speakers: Robert Lawson (Canada), Andy Mack(Australia), Vladimir Baranovski (Russia), Steven Miller (USA) |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Closing Reception (Thinkers’ Lodge) |
| 17:30 | Departure by bus for dinner at Truro (enroute to Halifax) |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner at Truro |
| 20:00 | Departure for Halifax |
| MONDAY, 21 JULY 2003 | |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | PLENARY SESSION 6 [Closed] Chair: Prof. Anne McLaren (UK) Reports on Working Groups 1, 2, 3 |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | PLENARY SESSION 7 [Open] Chair: Senator Douglas Roche O.C. Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture by Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala,former U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs (Sri Lanka) – The Resurrection of Multilateral Disarmament |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch (Dalhousie, Shirreff Hall) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | PLENARY SESSION 8 [Closed] Chair: Dr. Adele Buckley Reports on Working Groups 4, 5, 6 |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | PLENARY SESSION 9 [Open] Chair: Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy Presidential Lecture: M.S. Swaminathan Final remarks: Secretary-General Cotta-Ramusino; Executive Director Boutwell |
| 18:30 – 21:30 | Closing Festivities (University Club) Reception Downeast Entertainment: Background music all evening Closing Banquet – M.C.: Dr. Adele Buckley Speaker: Hon. Cecil Clarke, Minister, Economic Development, Nova Scotia Presentation of the “Order of Good Times” – a unique souvenir Downeast Entertainment: Half hour performance – fiddles, dancing and bagpipes 20030717_Halifax_Eaton_Margaret_PeacePoem, a poem by Margaret Eaton |
| TUESDAY, 22 JULY 2003 | |
| AM | AM Participants depart [ALL DAY: BUS TRANSPORT TO AIRPORT] |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | PC Meeting (University Hall) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch for Council members and invited guests(University Club) |
| PM | Council members depart |
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