On 4 April 2013 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement welcoming the historic vote in favour of an Arms Trade Treaty which took place in the UN General Assembly.
The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs seeks a world free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and of war, in which science advances peace, security, and human dignity
On 4 April 2013 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement welcoming the historic vote in favour of an Arms Trade Treaty which took place in the UN General Assembly.