On 14 July 2014 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on the situation in Gaza, calling for a ceasefire and prevention of further escalation of the conflict.
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 14 July 2014 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on the situation in Gaza, calling for a ceasefire and prevention of further escalation of the conflict.