On 23 June 2014, Pugwash President Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on Iraq and Syria, including an appeal for the early cessation of hostilities.
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 23 June 2014, Pugwash President Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on Iraq and Syria, including an appeal for the early cessation of hostilities.